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'Ideas pop into your head
when you're least expecting them. I was in a shop in Rye when
my attention was caught by a peculiar doll hanging on the
wall. It was part crow, part woman, with twigs for hands and
feet. As soon as I saw it I thought, "Wow - I wonder what
happens to that when it gets dark?" because it looked capable
of anything. The answer of course lies in this book, I always
like to make a seemingly innocent object turn out to be really
sinister and frightening.
In this novel, elements of
Christian mythology are brought in contact with other beliefs.
The ancient and magical town of Glastonbury is a place where
that has been happening for centuries so it made a perfect
setting for the final battle between the two forces.
When I was young I bought
a stuffed raven in a sale from a taxidermist and called him
Quoth. Shortly before I came to write this series I unearthed
him from a cupboard but was dismayed to find that he hadn't
weathered the years very well. Thus was the character of Quoth
defined in the book, a tattered and poorly preserved specimen
whose brain isn't what it was. Sometimes I know how he feels.'
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