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Steve Griffin is the author of eighteen books, best known for his atmospheric ghost stories and supernatural thrillers — including the bestselling Ghosts of Alice series and his spine-tingling Christmas tales. His latest festive chiller, The Old Man of the Black, follows a young man and an enigmatic woman trapped in a remote Scottish mansion during a night of ghostly terror.

Steve lives in the Surrey Hills and spends his time hiking, listening to indie music, and watching classic horror films.

Follow him on Amazon or @stevegriffin.author for new releases and behind-the-scenes updates. Readers can also get An Oxford Haunting, an exclusive ghost-story novella, free by joining Steve’s newsletter.

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Steve Griffin Hi Lewis, yes! The main characters are Alice Deaton, who has just landed her dream job to prepare an old medieval house for opening up to the public. …moreHi Lewis, yes! The main characters are Alice Deaton, who has just landed her dream job to prepare an old medieval house for opening up to the public. Also living in the house are Mr and Mrs Smythe-Johnstone, the former owners who have had to transfer their home to the Trust for England - and are a bit resentful about it. And there's quirky George, the gardener, and Fran, who is Alice's (mostly) helpful boss. And finally, there's the ghosts - the woman with the wounded hand, and the boy in the burgundy hood himself - who are part of the mystery Alice has to solve. Luckily, she has a special ability when it comes to ghosts which is going to help her...(less)
Steve Griffin Great question, Lewis! And harder to answer than you'd think. I've always loved reading and started writing my own stories around 7 or 8 years old. Th…moreGreat question, Lewis! And harder to answer than you'd think. I've always loved reading and started writing my own stories around 7 or 8 years old. They were adventure stories involving my school mates as characters and they got passed around the class - which showed me one thing I like about writing, which is other people enjoying what I write! But initially I think I write for myself because I love thinking up a great, often flawed, hero, overcoming lots of exciting and often frightening challenges. And I also love the craft of writing, creating good sentences that conjure vivid images in other people's imagination.(less)
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"The Haunting of Lavender House by Natalie Kikić is a gothic beauty. As a first-generation Croatian American writer, Kikić isn't just using folklore, she's returning to it. Her debut novel is based on folklore with a thirst for blood, set in a crumbli" Read more of this review »
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"~thank you to NetGalley, and the publisher for giving me an arc in exchange for an honest review~

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"I am part of the small minority of reviewers, who struggled with this book. Why? Because it is a very sad story, focusing on aging, the decline in mental and physical health of the protagonist, loneliness, the death of his closest friend, and his son" Read more of this review »
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“The thing was, she wasn't afraid of ghosts. The violence of humankind and nature, the ridiculous enormity of outer space, the fragile skin of existence, the unfathomable mystery of the origins of life and thought - all these things could petrify her, if she allowed them. But ghosts? No.”
― Steve Griffin, The Boy in the Burgundy Hood

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“Nothing is more lethal to the effect that a ghost story should make than for the author to provide alternative materialist solution. This reduces a poem to a puzzle and confines the reader’s spirit instead of enlarging it.”
― Robert Aickman

“I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“We are constantly being shaped by seemingly irrelevant stimuli, subliminal information, and internal forces we don't know a thing about.”
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“Whole sight; or all the rest is desolation.”
― John Fowles

“I didn't think about anything, and yet I thought about everything. It was a special kind of thinking, the sort I'd always done when I was getting close to writing a book”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

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