The Fog

James Herbert comes at us with both hands, not willing to simply engage our attention, he seizes us by the lapels and begins to scream in our faces – Stephen King, author of The Shining and The MistLean, mean, and nasty as punk – Grady Hendrix, author of How to Sell a Haunted House, on The RatsA one-off; a true horror original – Peter James, author of the Roy Grace books, on The RatsA king of British horror – Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual

James Herbert was not only Britain’s number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction - a position he held ever since the publication of his first novel - but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than 54 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.