Who would enjoy reading stories about a French vampire in Siam?
Anybody who enjoys a good tale and a good laugh. I think of my books as black comedy. My writing has a cinematic flow and I put a lot of visual colour into the novels. They’re historic novels that take you on a journey spanning 150 years – from ancient Angkor Wat to modern-day Bangkok – and I think that you can come away having learned something about Asian cultures as well as enjoy a good story. Was it intended to be a trilogy? After finishing the first book, the characters would not go away and they were still flashing in my mind. I knew the vampire Ramonne and other characters so well and there was more to say and that I could have more fun with them. I could also see how they have grown, how they have become more powerful and I used their power to go to the next step. People, who have read all the books, have told me that The Reckoning is the best of the three. It may be that I’ve grown more confident as a writer. Will Ramonne be haunting Bangkok’s dark sois this Halloween? Yes. Th
