Cover reveal for Anna Biller’s debut novel Bluebeard’s Castle

On why she turned to horror: I feel that being a woman exposes one to multiple daily horrors that most men could never dream of, unless they have had an unusually rough life or have been to war. Men often write horror stories about home invaders or supernatural monsters or aliens, none of which actually plague them in real life, whereas for women, the monster is often right in the house. This is why Bluebeard in particular interests me—because it’s about the monster and the man you love being one and the same person. So for a woman, just living one’s life can be like living in a Gothic horror novel. We’re also more sensitive to emotional pain, so we make better spirit mediums; and of course, we’re witches.