Haywood: Reading was a huge passion from as young as I can remember and I guess I’dĪlways loved the idea of writing, but like so many others I assumed it was reserved solely for professionals connected to the publishing industry. Me: Was writing a big part of your life or was The Undead your first serious effort at writing? And how much did self-publishing and the Amazon world contribute to your decision to write? When you laugh and you have pneumonia, you break into massive, painful coughing fits.ĭon’t read The Undead when you have pneumonia. I made the mistake of starting this series when I was home sick with pneumonia. But when this group of people get a minute to relax, they will have you laughing out loud. It’s about brain eating zombies and people die and it can be heartbreakingly sad. The best part is that these books are hilarious. The Undead books are some of the best in the genre, not just because of the charming Britishness of it, but because the characters are amazingly realized and the suspense and tension are sustained throughout. The Undead series is in the much maligned, much ignored zombie apocalypse genre, BUT IF YOU DON'T GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE AND TRY A ZOMBIE BOOK ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'LL BE MISSING OUT ON SOME AMAZING WRITING! Not only has he written book after book, he’s also built a massive audience in the UK and a growing U.S. Mind you, there are more than twenty books, some days were broken into two parts and there are a couple of not-to-be-missed standalone books in the series, as well as other books that aren’t part of the series, short stories, some mystery … point is, from the time he started four years ago, he’s written a boat load of words. A couple months ago, he released The Undead Day Twenty. Then he wrote another book and then another one, and on and on. So, here’s a guy, who, four years ago, without much writing experience at all, sat down and wrote The Undead Day One. The point is, it’s rare to get Haywood to do one of these and I’m gob smacked (an expression I’m using since he is very British which you will see clearly in his responses) that he agreed to comply with my wishes. And there might have been some fist pumping. I’d scared the crap out of them since dancing is not an everyday thing for me. The cats flew out of the room like cartoon replicas of themselves. Haywood agreed to an interview for my blog, I did one of those crazy dances they say you’re supposed to do as if no one is watching.

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