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Lee Pletzers

Award-winning author, Lee Pletzers is a displaced New Zealand writer of the weird, wonderful, and grotesque.

Since 2001, he has impacted the genre world and thrives within its limitless boundaries. Over seventy short stories have slammed his name on anthologies and magazines across the globe. Six novels affected humanity and two novellas were the icing on the cake.

He still sends his books out to independent and legacy publishers, looking for that elusive million-dollar cheque.

He lives and writes in Japan.

IN THE AUTHOR’S WORDS

Author interview

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What inspired you to start writing?

When I was 10, my teacher realized that Social Studies lessons were not for me and I couldn't understand it.

My friend, Garth and I were sent to the jungle gym to write a two page short story, within the lesson time frame.

We had to hand the work into the home room teacher and he once read my story out to the class. I had spelt blood wrong, and when the class laughed, he said, "Don't laugh, Lee writes better than all of you put together."

That swelled my 10 year old head.

I dropped the drawing tools and picked up a pencil.

Who are some of your favorite authors and books?

Demogorgon by Brian Lumley,
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson,
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline,
The Travelling Vampire Show and Funland by Richard Laymon (all his books are brilliant but these two are the best. Oh, I forgot ‘Cuts’, that was awesome too),
Wolfcreek: Origin by Greg McLean and Aaron Sterns,
Khai of Khen by Brian Lumley (I have the original. No, it’s never for sale),
Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates,
Night Fall by Stephen Leather,
Out by Natsuo Kirino. Parts of this book were fucked up. I loved it.

What would you like to tell readers who have just discovered your books, but haven't read one yet?

Give me a try
What have you got to lose
Kindle offers refunds

Who is the favorite character you created, and how did they come into being?

In Death World 1: Stratagem, there are two sub characters I really dug writing their scenes. The first is Ted Middleton, CIA. He came about as a 'guy who gets things' in prison. I like writing his scenes, as he tetters of the edge of going rouge, but mangers to stay within the set boundaries of his profession. I also like the respect he shows in the bathtub scene.

Junko, the female detective, was also fun to write as we see her arch change from dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, and being a cop by-the-book, to throwing all that away.

What are your future plans as a writer?

I hope to continue to entertain you.

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