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Thomas Emson

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The United Kingdom

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http://thomasemson.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Horror, Thriller

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Stephen King
Richard Laymon
James Ellroy
Elmore Leonard
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Thomas Emson is a British horror author. He has written eight novels, all published by Snowbooks in the UK. They include Maneater, Skarlet, and Zombie Brittanica. His Jack The Ripper novel Pariah was published by Tantor Media in the U.S.
His collection of stories The Trees And Other Stories was published on Kindle and CreateSpace. He has also written How To Write A Novel In 6 Months, a how-to guide for would-be novelists, which is available on Amazon.
He is represented by Mariam Keen at the Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 2,210 ratings · 327 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Zombie Britannica 3.71 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skarlet (The Vampire Trinity, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maneater (Maneater #1) 3.67 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Write A Novel In 6 Months 3.83 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krimson (The Vampire Trinity #2) 4.16 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prey (Maneater #2) 4.24 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pariah 3.42 avg rating — 117 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandemonium Road 3.08 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kardinal (The Vampire Trinity #3) 4.17 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ironbones 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Where do you get your ideas from, Thomas?”

I get asked that all the time. I guess most writers would say the same. So what’s the answer? Well, ideas come from all over the place. My first novel Maneater is about a werewolf called Laura Greenacre who wants to avenge the death of her clan. So there’s an idea: a revenge novel. About …

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“She smelled him. The blood was rushing through his veins. She could sniff out the heat in his body. His odour saturated her nostrils and filled her lungs.”
― Thomas Emson, Maneater

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“three questions Sellotaped to my laptop and I consider them when I am writing a scene. Every character must have a “simple, straightfoward, pressing need which impels him or her to show up in the scene,” Mamet says. Of course, he is advising screenwriters here. But we, as novelists, can also benefit from his counsel.”
― Thomas Emson, How To Write A Novel In 6 Months

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“does the reader really need to know this piece of information? If the answer is “No,” cut it out.”
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