Hi David, thank's that you have taking the time to answer a few questions of Elements of Crime.

David, in your novels you write about zombies, vampires and werewolves. How did you come on the idea to write fantasy and horror storys?

I grew up reading horror and fantasy books. My mother read about ten books a week. She would take them from the library and when she finished a book, she put it on a pile on the living room table. I was allowed to read anything I wanted from that pile. It was the horror novels of Stephen King and the fantasies of many authors that appealed to me the most. I wanted more stories, all the time! There just didn't seem to be enough of them. So I started writing my own.

How do you created your books, you sit down just in front of your Pc and begin to write about? But you still need a good imagination?

I usually come up with the ending of a book first. I'll see the last scene, the big climactic moment. Then I work backwards, figuring out how the characters got to that point. When I actually sit down to write the book, I start with the first page and work my way through to the end. I know some authors write a piece here, a piece there, then compile them later, but I need to write my scenes in chronological order.

You work as an archivist at the United Nations, how do you manage it to write then so much? Or are you just working as an novelist?

I was actually laid off from that job just after I got my first book deal! So it all worked out. I have been writing full-time, and making a living at it, for four years now.

You´ve published your first bokks in your web blog. Did you respond to criticism of the reader, and make them even better for the final pressure? Or have you had hoped by publishing in your blog you find a publisher for your books?

The response I got to my blog novels definitely helped shape the first book I published, which in Germany is called Sadt Der Untoten. That book changed considerably even as I was writing it, because every time I wrote a chapter I put it on the internet, and I received criticism before I would even begin to write the next chapter. I really didn't know it would ever be published as a paper book--I certainly had no idea it would ever be printed in German! But of course, I was very glad when that happened!

With your novels ( in german ) "The Last Vampire" and "War of the Vampire," you became the new star of american horror and dark fantasy-scene. What kind of feeling was it for you?

I'm thrilled to have so many fans in Germany. Many novels, no matter how good they are in their native language, do not translate well. I was very worried that my American idioms and style would not work in the German language. But I have received wonderful responses from my German readers, and my German publisher, Piper Verlag, has been very good to me.

Your books are celebrating great successes in the U.S.A, germany and in many countries, and at amazon you always will get good reviews. What do you think make your novels so popular?

I write books that I would enjoy to read. It's always been my belief that if a novel is fun to write, it will be fun to read as well. I write exciting, action-filled stories that everyone can enjoy. And I love doing it.

Your new plants can also be read online. Why are you still doing, you lose so much money or not?

I keep my novels online, where anyone can read them for free, because it is great publicity. Maybe someone finds the premise of my work intriguing, but doesn't want to pay for a book. They can read my story for free. If they like it, they'll tell their friends, many of whom will go out and buy the book rather than have to read it on a computer screen. Plus, many people who read the books online end up buying the books anyway, either to support me or to have a souvenir of a story they really enjoyed. Those are my favorite kind of readers! They show me that what I write is worth not only their time, but their support.