Horror author Bates spoke about his good attitude towards Russia

Russia was the first foreign country to buy the rights to some of the books by the best-selling horror author Jeremy Bates, and he never thought about ending cooperation with our country after February 2022. Bates told about this in an interview with Izvestia on the eve of the release of his book "The Evolution of M" in Russian by the Inostranki publishing house.

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"I believe that stories should be spread as widely as possible, and I am happy when my books find readers in different parts of the world. And the sale of rights to international publishers, including in Russia, is part of this aspiration. Moreover, Russia was the first foreign country to buy the rights to some of my books, so it holds a special place in my soul," the writer shared.

Bates' book "Experiment S" is based on the legend of a sleep experiment allegedly conducted in the USSR. Mountain of the Dead is based on the story of the death of Dyatlov's group, and one of the main characters in the book "Island of Dolls" is Russian. The writer stressed that he does not believe in the connection between a person's character and nationality.

"I've traveled a lot and met people from all over the world, and they're all different. I like my characters to be different too, from different backgrounds. In my novels, the plot defines the setting, not the other way around," Bates said.

He said that he had never been to Russia, but shared that he would like to come one day.

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