Ten Knives Interview with Kealan Patrick Burke

Ten Knives Interview with Kealan Patrick Burke:
Knife 1) Please name at least three contemporary authors who write generally better than you do and why.
[Kealan Patrick Burke] Only three? There are lots of writers who I aspire to be as good as. Among them: Glen Hirshberg, Ramsey Campbell, and John Connolly. I greatly admire their style.
[Kealan Patrick Burke] Yes, many things. Divorce, health crisis, relocation, change of jobs. These events did not so much make me think of giving up writing (I wouldn't even know how to do that), but forced me away from the keyboard for quite some time.
None.

[Kealan Patrick Burke] It's nice to win them, but unless you're talking the huge awards, like the Pulitzer, etc., I don't believe they do very much at all other than get your name out there.
[Kealan Patrick Burke] I have never had a single day in which I didn't have dozens of ideas floating around inside my brain. Sometimes, there are so many it threatens to drive me insane.
We're doomed.

[Kealan Patrick Burke] American publishing, like publishing in any country, is always changing. The one constant, however, seems to be that quality is not always as important as popularity, which is sad. For every massive, questionably written bestseller, there are thousands of superior works lanquishing in obscurity.
[Kealan Patrick Burke] Unless it's for charity, I don't give away my work. I make my living as a writer nowadays, so I can't afford to write for free.
[Kealan Patrick Burke] Got very drunk and called my parents.
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Profile
Kealan Patrick Burke (Dungarvan, Ireland) Some of his works include the novels Currency of Souls, The Hides (Bram Stoker Award nominee) The Living, Master of the Moor, and Kin, the novellas The Turtle Boy (Bram Stoker Award Winner, 2004), Vessels, Midlisters, Jack & Jill, and the collection Ravenous Ghosts, The Numer 121 to Pennsylvania and Others (Bram Stoker Award nominee 2009) and Theater Macabre. Kealan also edited the anthologies: Taverns of the Dead, Brimstone Turnpike, Quietly Now (International Horror Guilt Award nominee 2004), Tales from the Gorezone, Night Visions 12 (British Fantasy Award & International Horror Guilt Award nominee), and Dust and Shadows. A movie based on his short story Peekers was directed by Marc Steensland (Dead @17) and scripted by novelist Rick Hautala. He played the male lead in Greg Lamberson's film Slime City Massacre the sequel to Slime City. He is currently work on a new novel entitled The Bloodrunners. Web Site


Peekers - directed by Marc Steensland and scripted by Rick Hautala.

The Book: Kin (Cemetery Dance, 2011)