Herbert James

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Herbert James

Best known for bringing a raw, modern edge to British horror, this bestselling novelist turned everyday places into scenes of dread. His stories mixed fast-paced suspense with the supernatural and helped make horror a huge commercial force in the UK.

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Two Sermons Preached in the Parish Church of Nonington, Kent, January 17, 1864 being the Sunday following the Funeral of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq.

Two Sermons Preached in the Parish Church of Nonington, Kent, January 17, 1864 being the Sunday following the Funeral of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq.

by Herbert James, Edward Hoare

About the author

Born in London in 1943, James Herbert worked in advertising before becoming a full-time writer. His breakthrough came with The Rats in 1974, a debut that quickly made him one of Britain’s most recognizable horror novelists.

Over the following decades, he wrote a long run of popular thrillers and horror novels, including The Fog, The Survivor, Haunted, and The Secret of Crickley Hall. His books reached millions of readers around the world, and he became known for combining cinematic pacing with grisly shocks, supernatural ideas, and a very British sense of place.

Later in life, he was appointed an OBE for services to literature. He died in 2013, but his work remains a major influence on popular horror fiction and is still widely read by fans of dark, high-stakes storytelling.