Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Catherine Yu

Catherine Yu writes dark speculative fiction. She was born in Nanjing and is now based in New York. She is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop. Direwood is her debut novel from Page Street Publishing. Helga, a YA Frankenstein reimagining, is coming out in 2024. She can be found at catherineyuwrites.com. What inspired you to start writing? An early love of reading definitely helped. (And honestly, Scooby Doo fanfiction was where I started.) What was it about the horror genre that drew you to it? Horror is a great way to delve into and investigate scary stuff. Monsters are horrifying…