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I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient Express [1974] movie poster on his bedroom walls.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
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The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.
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I smoke cigarettes when I write, which is disgusting, but it really helps me.
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Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.
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I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.
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When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility.
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I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.
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My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.
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