Johnny Butane: So we’ll start from when we first met you; how did you get your first novel published? Brian Keene: I started writing for publication in 1997, and sold The Rising to Delirium ...

His 2003 novel The Rising and its 2005 sequel City of the Dead—arguably his most popular works—are the reason he's earned a reputation as a master of horror with a visceral edge.City of the ...