Interview With Ray Garton - By David Kempf
Ray Garton is the popular, award winning author of over sixty books. He has been praised by Peter Straub, Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Ramsey Campbell, Joe Lansdale and Dean Koontz. In addition to movie tie ins that include the Nightmare on Elm Street series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he has written numerous original horror novels. In 2006 Ray was presented with the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award. Ray lives in Norhern California with his wife Dawn. As a huge fan of horror fiction, it was an honor to interview Ray. - David Kempf Tell us how you became interested in horror. You have said in the past your religious upbringing was full of obsession over the end of the world and fear. How much of an impact did the church have on you? My upbringing had a lot to do with my interest in horror, although I didn’t realize it at the time. I saw my first horror movie on TV when I was about five years old. It was 13 Ghosts. By that time, I was already living in fear of the “ti
