Kirsten McKenzie entered a horror movie competition, didn’t win, wrote the book anyway, and ended up in a Stephen King sandwich on Amazon. Just in time for Halloween, here’s the story behind Painted, and why she stopped kicking herself for not using a pen name.
Read MoreFor the next year—possibly two—I went to bed surrounded by an army of stuffed animals. My pillows, my teddy bears, every soft toy I owned formed a protective barrier around my head and neck. In my child’s logic, if the vampires couldn’t reach my throat, I was safe…
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