"Werewolf Cop" Interview: Torches & Pitchforks

Here’s a brief interview I did with What Would The Founders Think after their five star review of Werewolf Cop. An excerpt:

Andrew Klavan: I don’t actually think of my books as having messages. I think of them more as describing reality truthfully whereas a lot of people describe it falsely — which, by the way, is a much better career move! For instance, I have had people call me a moralist because my characters wrestle with good and evil, experience guilt and shame and so on. But everyone knows good and evil and guilt and shame are real. The moral relativists who say good and evil are not real — I guess they think it makes them sound tolerant or profound or something. But to me, it’s just plain lying because they know better. So I refuse to echo the lie. To answer your question, though, writing non-fiction helps to clarify your view of reality so that when you go to write fiction you can portray that reality in action.

Martin: Do you ever get push back, or nasty grams from readers who don’t like this?

Andrew Klavan: Oh yeah. All the time. Reviewers, readers. You can crank out absolute blithering nonsense about global warming and feminism and get crowned king of Fantasy Land, but point out that the moral universe exists and people show up at your house with torches and pitchforks. It’s what makes life so amusing.