WiHM 9 Presents - Sian Claven

Read between the lines. 
Nestled away in a farm, surrounded by a dead forest, Amari is about to embark on her greatest adventure, or her worst nightmare. Unknown to Amari the farmhouse that they have moved into holds a sad and dark history and she will need to do everything that she can to protect her family and the dreams they have for their new home. 

1) As a female horror writer what do you bring to the table in terms of what of you write? 

I like to think that I bring back some old school scares. I like building up suspense and really twisting it around towards the ends of my books. As a female horror writer I like to focus more on tripping up my readers psychologically more so than descriptively if that makes sense.

2) Do you think female authors are underrepresented in the horror genre?

I don’t think they are underrepresented. I feel that as authors we are responsible for our own representation, male and female, and that female horror authors should seriously up their marketing game.

3) Tell us about your book(s)

I have released two books with my third coming out. Ensnared was the first book I wrote, followed closely by Tatum. 
Ensnared Blurb: Read between the lines. 
Nestled away in a farm, surrounded by a dead forest, Amari is about to embark on her greatest adventure, or her worst nightmare. Unknown to Amari the farmhouse that they have moved into holds a sad and dark history and she will need to do everything that she can to protect her family and the dreams they have for their new home.
 Tatum Blurb: Watch your back! 
Tatum keeps having the strangest nightmares, but fantasy soon meets reality when the haunting woman from her dreams crosses over into her real life.
All Tatum wants to know is that she isn’t going insane, but how do you prove your sanity, when you’re the only one seeing her.
Strange murders rock Tatum’s quiet neighbourhood. She soon discovers that her nightmares, the deaths and the Skeleton are all connected.

4) Why is horror writing important to you?

I enjoy it and it makes me seriously happy so it’s important to me because without it I feel a bit lost. I love sharing my stories with people but I write for me, I write what I like to read and I like delving into the dark recesses of my own mind for a good twist.

5) Is the future of horror female?

I think the future of horror is creative – male or female – but that woman should realise they have a lot to offer and shouldn’t be nervous just because the big names are mostly male.

About the Author:

Hailing from Johannesburg, Southern Africa, Sian B. Claven has enjoyed stories for all her life, whether she was reading them or making them. She has written for as long as she can remember, but Ensnared is the first book she decided to publish. Moving towards writing more for a horror genre, when Sian isn’t thinking of ways to terrify people, she enjoys writing science fiction stories, poetry and rather long and gushy birthday wishes. When she isn’t working on her writing you can find her knitting, scrap booking, reading, or playing Xbox. Sian also reviews for The Blithering Bibliomaniacs and clearly doesn’t know what the words rest and relaxation mean, at least not in the traditional sense.