James Herbert
James Herbert
James John Herbert, OBE was a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 April 1943
making-friends
I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.
morning desks terrible
I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.
worry people happens
I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.
trying too-much pretentious
I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.
hate writing violence
I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.
voice horror natural
I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.