Inspiration for the Jook and Gypsy Series

“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”
–Jenny Willians, The Wolf Man, 1941

I think it was my infatuation with the very first horror movie I encountered when I was only five years old that inspired me to write a werewolf book series. My older brother let me get out of bed late one night to watch ‘The Wolf Man’ (1941) with him while he was babysitting, and a lifelong addiction to horror was ignited. I watched every scary movie I could from that moment on.

Later, as a young adult, I discovered the works of Stephen King. I couldn’t get enough, I burned through everything King wrote and later moved on to Dean Koontz and ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ by Anne Rice. I was insatiable, hungry to rediscover that rush I experienced when I first became acquainted with werewolves and mysterious gypsies, the misty moors and howling in the dark.

After reading so many books and rushing out to every movie that looked promising, I found I was still unsatisfied. Years later, while reading a popular vampire/werewolf series I realized I was never going to find the book I was looking for. I had to write it myself!