The Grave of Katherine Embry: A 19-Century Gothic Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475170894)

Renee Ross was born in 1961. It was during the late sixties and early seventies that she developed a love for the Gothic genre which was wildly popular at the time. "I remember the excitement of standing at the book rack in the dime-store perusing the many covers which depicted a terrified young woman fleeing a castle usually barefoot and in her nightgown." It was also during that time that the Gothic soap opera, "Dark Shadows" was on every afternoon. "We had no way of recording programs to watch later back then, and I remember rushing home from school just in time to see the last 10 minutes of the show." Her favorite authors include Dorothy Eden, VC Andrews, and Florence Hurd - just to name a few. Though she does not attempt to emulate any one writer in particular, she does aim to recreate the vintage Gothic experience for readers of her generation as well as younger readers who are discovering them for the first time."Hopefully movies like Crimson Peak, My Cousin Rachel, The Woman in Black and Beguiled are a sign that traditional Gothic romance will never go out of style."