Genre is never something I consider when I’m writing-I make whatever it is, then find out afterward where it might belong. What led you to writing in the dark/weird/horror genres? I started writing fulltime when I was 25 and I’ve never stopped. When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?įrom the time I could read. Really beautiful, thoughtful, funny, energized work by Saxon Audio (who not so incidentally did the audio for Cipher too). The only work of mine that uses a real person for its inspiration is Christopher Wild, a novel of poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe-there’s a stunning new audio edition, just out from Crossroad Press. And mystery is always fascinating.Īre any of the characters in Cipher modeled after real people? My work is the way I engage with and understand life.Īll creation is essentially a mystery: its origin and the task of its making, and how that making might affect the world. The main drive, and preoccupation-occupation-in my own life is my work: writing novels and short fiction, creating immersive events. Then Nakota appeared, and the storage room and the Funhole, and The Cipher was on its way.Īrt and artists and the artistic process seem to play a big role in some of your work, what drives that? So I freed him from that narrative, took another look-and he became the center of a new novel. But Nicholas was in a different novel, until I realized that that novel wasn’t going where it needed to go (or anywhere it was never finished). The Cipher started, as all my work starts, with a character. When was the seed first planted and how did it grow?
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Tell us about your inspiration for The Cipher. We spoke to her about writing, the return of the funhole and what's next! There is also a cool giveaway at the end of this post.
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She is based in Detroit and thinks globally. Her work crosses and combines genres, and her books have won awards, been multiply translated, and optioned for film and performance. Kathe Koja writes novels and short fiction, and creates and produces immersive fiction performances, both solo and with a rotating ensemble of artists. We are thrilled to have Kathe Koja, author of many books including the Bram Stoker and Locus award-winning classic novel THE CIPHER, back in print this month after almost 30 years.