Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and was the family comedy king through the '80s and '90s - 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' 'Home Alone,' etc. - has acquired rights to 'The Cypress House' and is working on the… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I would say of characters I've created, the one I've felt the most connected to emotionally was Adam Austin from 'The Prophet.' I think… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“...what still blew them all away was time itself, the days and months and the years, oh yes, the years. They went faster than… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've had in… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out of high school, then wrote the first Lincoln Perry novel when I was 19. It didn't sell, but I liked the character and I knew the world so I tried what was, in my mind, a… — Michael Koryta Copy Share
I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Adam Nevill a spine-chiller in the classic tradition, a writer who draws you in from the world of the familiar, eases you into the… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and it was different but it was also the same. 'So Cold the River,' I knew, was going to be really different, and that's why I thought about doing it as a novella under a pseudonym,… — Michael Koryta Copy Share
