![]() It’s the basic stuff of life and death, and good stories, no matter what medium they’re told in, always reflect that. Seems to me that nature, human and otherwise, is all about conflict and the resolution of conflict. Was that always a subject that you were drawn to as a writer? Some of your best known work deals with people confronting a savage nature, both in themselves and in others. In this interview, SciFiNow talks to the author about his inspirations, challenges, and whether or not he sees himself as a horror writer at all. ![]() From the real-life horror story of The Girl Next Door to his most recent collaboration with McKee I’m Not Sam, he has remained a distinctive and compelling voice in genre fiction. ![]() Over the course of his career, Ketchum has presented his readers with challenging, shocking and unforgettable stories. The novel’s sequels Offspring and The Woman would be adapted into films (Lucky McKee’s The Woman would find controversy and acclaim in equal measure), as would The Girl Next Door, The Lost and Red. Jack Ketchum is the author that Stephen King referred to as “The scariest guy in America.” He first burst onto the scene in 1980 with the brutal, stunning Off Season, in which a group of holidaying yuppies fall victim to a family of savages living in the woods. ![]()
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