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Christopher fowler’s short fiction is collected in City Jitters, The Bureau of Lost Souls, Flesh Wounds, Sharper Knives, Personal Demons, Uncut, The Devil in Me and Night Nerves. His short story ‘Wageslaves’ won the 1998 British Fantasy Award, ‘The Master Builder’ became a CBS-TV movie starring Tippi Hedren, while an adaptation of ‘Left-Hand Drive’ won Best British Short Film.

Fowler’s novels include Roofworld, Rune, Red Bride, Darkest Day, Spanky, Psychoville, Disturbia, Soho Black, Calabash, Full Dark House, and the recently completed Plastic, about a shopaholic housewife trapped in a blacked-out building. He also scripted the 1997 graphic novel Menz Insana, illustrated by John Bolton, and has written a book about the cinema, Electric Darkness.

‘I first had the idea for this story in 1979,’ explains Fowler. ‘Back then it was called “Red Rovers”, referring to the all-day tickets you could buy to ride the buses. I always wanted to write a story about a schoolteacher losing a pupil, which must be the ultimate nightmare — or dream — of many a teacher. Then I remembered that the author Joanne Harris used to be a French teacher, so I talked to her about the problems of controlling classes, and she gave me plenty of observational tips. I’m also getting into training for when I eventually do my Underworld London book.’