Catriona Ward

“...Suspense and horror fans really enjoy that reciprocity between the reader and author – you’re playing an elegant game of tennis...”

“...I started having fun when I realised that a cat would really like to watch a TV show of itself, describing different types of naps...”

“...Every monster has a story...”

“...Just being a woman has an element of body horror to it. Childbirth? That’s some horror right there...”

“...Reading is a sustained act of telepathy or empathy, and reading horror is even more profound than that: it’s asking people to share real vulnerabilities of yours and open themselves up to their own...”

“...There’s something about an endless, open landscape where you can be properly lost, where the land can eat you, which isn’t that available to us in this day and age, and it has a particular effect on our minds and souls when we encounter it...”

“...there can be a temptation to sentimentalise or sanitise motherhood in popular culture...”

“...When done right, horror is a transformative experience...”