Like all normal, well-adjusted people, I read about serial killers for fun. What inspired you to write the novel and series? And from where to you draw your inspirations in general? For fans of the original series, I’ll say this: The Devil’s Only Friend picks up one year after the end of book three, with John working for an FBI kill team that hunts monsters. This is the fourth book in the series, but I wrote it as if it were the first book of it’s very own trilogy, so readers can jump right in on this one without feeling lost. I like to tell people it’s like a teenage Dexter in an X-Files episode (though if the person in question is younger than 20, “ Criminal Minds meets Supernatural” usually gets a better reaction).

John Cleaver is a teenage sociopath who’s worried that he’s turning into a serial killer, so he sets rules to keep himself from hurting anyone then a supernatural monster comes to his home town and starts picking people off, and he has to break all of his own rules in order to stop it. How would you introduce the series to a potential reader? And what can fans expect from the new book? It’s the fourth to feature John Wayne Cleaver. Your next novel, The Devil’s Only Friend, is published by Tor in June 2015. My favorite movie is Jaws, I have Darth Vader’s autograph, and I will eat ramen at literally any opportunity. I have 5.5 children, and collect board games with obsessive zeal. I lived in Germany for the past couple of years, and am now back in the states, in Utah. I mostly play around in horror and science fiction, but I’ve dabbled in fantasy, steampunk, thriller, humor, historical, and one time I wrote a novella about a Mormon Pioneer superhero who fights zombies. Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Dan Wells?

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