What is the title of your latest release?
THE DORIANS
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Five elderly people are invited to an isolated island retreat and given the opportunity to take part in an experiment that, if successful, may bestow immortality.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I’m Canadian. The Cutter books are almost all set here. I took my son to a fishing lodge in northern Ontario; I based the island’s location on that same place.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
I’m not sure the book has a heroine per se, although it has several female characters. I might’ve liked to hang out with a few of them … before the operation they receive on the island.
What are three words that describe your hero?
Gullible. Kind. Old.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
That some jellyfish possess biological immortality, meaning they can hypothetically live forever.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
wait until I’m done.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
A ribeye and a glass or two of red wine.
Describe your writing space/office!
Functional. It is currently a small, narrow desk in the master bedroom, my old office now being the bedroom of my young daughter.
Who is an author you admire?
Stephen King
Is there a book that changed your life?
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published). Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was living in Calgary in western Canada. I remember walking in a daze on a pleasant Spring evening to the liquor store and buying a bottle of scotch, as it seemed properly celebratory. Also discovered soon after that I wasn’t a huge fan of scotch.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
I read a lot of different genres. A mood reader, and as my mood changes it’s hard to define a favorite.
What’s your favorite movie?
Favorite horror is likely The Exorcist. Book’s great, too.
What is your favorite season?
Fall
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
Quietly
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
My wife and I enjoy Hacks a lot.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Indian
What do you do when you have free time?
I like to fish. It gets me out of the city, and I can spend time with my son.
What can readers expect from you next?
THE COFFIN WORMS, 4 novellas
The all-new novel of terror from "one of the hottest horror authors on the planet" (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!
On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on pause—forever, perhaps. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent...one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single- minded purpose that has helped it persist for eons: the will to survive. The dark heart of unbridled human ambition finds its apex in an unholy experiment that now tests the limits of both creator and subject, eclipsing all bounds of morality and sanity....
Suspense | Paranormal [ Gallery Books, On Sale: May 19, 2026, Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook, ISBN: 9781668079560 / eISBN: 9781668079584 ]
Nick Cutter is a pseudonym for an acclaimed author of novels and short stories. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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