Q) What is your favourite cover art for these novels?Ī) Hmm. I liked the covers, too, but had no input. I wrote the books, but he was the mastermind behind the whole thing. He was a fan of the first game-the only one out when I was hired to write the first books-and novelizing the games were his idea. Who helped you create the covers and how much input did you have?Ī) My editor for RE, Marco Palmieri, oversaw the CG covers. It breathes atmosphere and everything I love about Resident Evil. Q) What was the process for creating the covers for the original books? Umbrella Conspiracy is without a doubt my favourite cover. Isolation, paranoia, insanity… I love those themes, in movies and literature. The effects are pretty dated now, but I first saw it in my teens and it blew my mind. My all-time favorite horror flick is probably John Carpenter’s The Thing. Even the really bad ones sometimes have a decent creepy moment, and I’ll sit through a lot to get to one of those moments.

I read mostly horror, gothic to modern day, and I love horror movies-from subtle artsy scary to total gore-fest. I read The Shining when I was 10 and fell in love with the genre. Is this something that you choose to pressure personally? If yes then what inspired you too write in the horror genre? Do you enjoy horror movies? Did any specific ones inspire you?Ī) I’m not just a horror fan, I’m a horror nerd. Q) I can’t help but notice that you have written several books in the horror genre including Resident Evil, Aliens and Summer Man. Did you ever consider rewriting Umbrella Conspiracy? Assuming you have played Resident Evil Remake 2002, do you like the new elements and how do you feel this new version would have changed the way you wrote the book. 4 years later Capcom remade the game and added elements such as environments, story, characters and new B.O.W.’s. Q) Umbrella’s conspiracy revolves around the events that take place during the PlayStation 1’s original Resident Evil.

When Simon and Schuster held the publishing license for RE, they decided when to release the books and which games to have me write about. Someone hires me to write about or for a franchise/shared universe. Any reason why? Furthermore what made you decide to continue with the novels and also what made you decide to go with Zero?Ī) I have mostly done contract work throughout my career, writing tie-ins and novelizations. Q) I see that there is a 3 year gap between Code Veronica and Zero.

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