![]() ![]() Neblin.Īfter a serial killer comes to Clayton County, North Dakota, John decides to throw all his rules aside in order to catch the culprit. He forces himself to not obsess over any one person, to sit with a boy named Max during lunch to maintain a sort of friendship, and to attend therapy sessions with a counselor, Dr. He fears that he is "destined" to become a serial killer, so lives by a set of rules designed to keep his homicidal impulses in check and keep him "normal". John himself exhibits a few of these characteristics, such as wetting the bed, fascination with fire, and abusing animals. He is obsessed with serial killers, and has extensive knowledge of their behaviors. ![]() His parents named him after actor John Wayne, but he notices that he also shares the name with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Pertaining to its genre, Wells has stated that "a teenager protagonist means the book is YA (young adult), but my book is 'adult' enough that different markets are treating it very differently: in the UK it’s a YA horror, in Germany it’s an adult thriller, and in the US it’s being marketed to both audiences." Plot summary ġ5-year-old John Wayne Cleaver is a diagnosed sociopath who lives above a mortuary owned by his mother and her twin sister, Margaret. He cannot, by definition feel any kind of empathy for you, but in order for the book to work you have to feel empathy for him." "The best and most interesting part of as a character is the delicate balance between scariness and relatability. In developing the character of John Cleaver, Wells wanted to ensure that "the audience could relate to him". On his website, Wells wrote that settling on the idea of writing a horror novel felt "like coming home". For the supernatural aspect, Wells read selections from the genre to confirm the originality of his idea. A mortician later complimented Wells on the accuracy of his depiction of the mortuary. He has said that the procedure described in Serial Killer is purposefully "a couple of years behind the times", because the characters run "a very small operation in a very small town". Wells was unable to observe the process in person, but found plenty of information about embalming on his own. He used this knowledge, combining it with extensive research on mortuaries and the embalming process, to write the novel. Prior to writing Serial Killer, author Dan Wells had been fascinated with serial killers and serial killer predictors for years. Reception of the novel was mostly positive. It follows teenage sociopath John Wayne Cleaver as he seeks to expose a serial killer that has come to his midwestern hometown. Wells wrote the novel using his own prior knowledge of serial killers. It is followed by five books, and has been published in English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian. It is Wells' debut novel and the first installment in the John Cleaver series. I Am Not A Serial Killer is a 2009 horror novel written by American author Dan Wells, originally published by Tor Books. Print hardcover and paperback and Digital ![]()
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