Hey, everybody! I'm absolutely agog that today's guest agreed to be with us, so I won't waste any time before jumping in. Let's meet her briefly and then go right into the interview.
About Sarah Pinborough:
Sarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling, Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author who is published in over 25 territories worldwide. Her most recent thriller, DEAD TO HER, a dark and twisty, sexy tale of hidden secrets and revenge in high society Savannah, released in the US from William Morrow in Feb 2020 and is in development with First Look Media and her novel BEHIND HER EYES will be airing on Netflix as a six-parter in Summer 2020.
Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and has several original television projects in development.
You can follow her on Twitter.
Interview:
SK: How are you involved in the world of horror?
SP: Although I'm more widely known as a thriller writer these days, I started out writing straight horror novels. My first came out in 2004 and I wrote 6 straight horror books for Leisure Books (now defunct) in the states. I've also written cross-over novels (MAYHEM AND MURDER are set in 19th century London and use real crimes and people but with a supernatural adversary) and fantasy and fairy tales and even my current psychological thrillers sometimes have a tinge of the otherworldly. I also occasionally still write horror short stories.
SK: Who or what terrifies you?
SP: Gosh, everything really. And more and more things as I get older. Death of course is where most fears lead back to, but I'm afraid of deep water, flying, heights - anything that could potentially hurt me. I'm also afraid of failure and not achieving everything I want to. That also gets stronger as the years tick by.
SK: Are there unique challenges to being a woman in horror or do you feel like gender is irrelevant?
SP: Well, I'm probably not so qualified to answer that one anymore. There's certainly no issues in publishing per se - editors are often women as are agents (in the UK at least) and I see the mainstream success of writers like Alma Katsu, CJ Tudor, Michelle Paver, Alison Littlewood and many others who do fine so I don't think in terms of publishing it's any harder for a woman than a man - but perhaps within the 'scene' maybe. I do wonder if women have to fight harder to have their supernatural work taken seriously in the fandom and the community - but I've not been in the scene fully for a while (most of my conventions and festivals are crime ones these days but I will be going to Stokercon!).
SK: Who are your favorite female horror icons?
SP: In fictional terms? Ripley in "Alien" has to be tops. She's so kick-ass - everything I'm not. Annie Wilkes scares the shit out of me. In terms of horror creators, Daphne Du Maurier and Michelle Paver to me - one old and one modern- are killer at creating proper dread and that awful tingle at the back of your neck.
SK: What are you working on/promoting currently? Why should folks check it out?
SP: I'm currently working on some TV stuff for the UK and my new book, DEAD TO HER, is out in the States and is due out in the UK in April. It's a twisty thriller set amongst the Savannah elite.. with some Voodoo thrown in too!
About DEAD TO HER:
For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES.
Marriage can be murder…
SOMETHING OLD
Marcie’s affair with Jason Maddox catapulted her into the world of the elite.
Old money, old ties, old secrets. Marcie may have married into this world—
but she’ll never be part of it.
SOMETHING NEW
Then Jason’s boss brings back a new wife from his trip to London.
Young, attractive, reckless—nobody can take their eyes off Keisha.
Including Marcie’s husband.
SOMETHING YOU CAN NEVER, EVER UNDO…
Some people would kill for the life Marcie has—what will she do to keep it?
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