The Writing Dead: Talking Terror with TV's Top Horror Writers features interviews with the writers of today's most frightening and fascinating shows. They include some of TV's biggest names-Carlton Cuse (Lost and Bates Motel), Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies), David Greenwalt (Angel and Grimm), Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead, The Terminator series, Aliens, and The Abyss), Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica), Brian McGreevy (Hemlock Grove), Alexander Woo (True Blood), James Wong (The X-Files, Millennium, American Horror Story, and Final Destination), Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and Millennium), Richard Hatem (Supernatural, Grimm, The Dead Zone, and The Mothman Prophecies), Scott Buck (Dexter), Anna Fricke (Being Human), and Jim Dunn (Haven).
The Writing Dead features thought-provoking, original interviews with these top writers and gives them the opportunity to delve deeper into horror TV than anything found online. In addition to revealing behind-the-scene glimpses into these shows, these writers discuss favorite characters and story lines. They talk about the things they find most frightening to write about. They offer insights into the writing process. They reflect on the horror works that influenced their careers. And they reveal their own personal fascination with the genre.
The thirteen interviews in The Writing Dead also reflect the changing landscape of horror TV-from the shows being produced by major networks and cable channels to shows made exclusively for online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Studios. The Writing Dead will appeal to numerous rabid fans of these shows (many of whom spend countless hours blogging about their favorite show), to horror fans everywhere, to aspiring writers and filmmakers, and to anyone who wants to learn more about why we like being scared.
