Alexandra

Alexandra asked Paul Tremblay:

Hi Paul! I just binge read The Cabin At The End Of The World. I'm gay and in a gay marriage and I have to tell you how nice it was to read about a family that represented my own experiences! What inspired you to make Eric and Andrew a gay couple? Was there a reason? It's really nice for gay people to read about gay characters in books where the point of the story is not that the characters are gay!

Paul Tremblay Thank you, Alex, for the kind note. I really appreciate it. While I'll admit that I wanted the book to work as a political allegory for our current socio-political predicament, I also just wanted to write a story about Andrew and Eric, both of whom came to life almost instantly in my head, as they're both amalgams of very important people in my life.

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Jenn McGrath

Jenn McGrath asked Paul Tremblay:

I just finished Disappearance at Devil's Rock. I grew up in the area (Stoughton) and I think you really nailed the setting, and also nailed the teen boy characterizations. Are the teen boys in your story modeled after your students?

Corvid Crossroads

Corvid Crossroads asked Paul Tremblay:

You may like to know that we are reading and dissecting A Head Full of Ghosts in my speculative fiction class! Anything you want to share with my class? By the way, we all love the book and the ending made me sick in a good way.

William Harvey

William Harvey asked Paul Tremblay:

Paul, I think I stalked you on GR right after a HFOG came out. Top 5 horror novel for me and easily my favorite of the last 15-20 years. The ambiguity left me aching to talk to it with people and it’s really amazing how split down the middle the readers are in feeling it was a tale of mental illness vs a story of demonic possession. That takes a very special writer to be able to walk that line. Oz Perkins?

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