He loved horror and apocalyptic fiction and he wanted to tell stories about his passion. It wasn’t until Moody had done the rounds in the formal employment pool for some time that he finally realized where his passion lay. For this reason, while the author’s decision to work for a High Street Bank after school was a little odd, it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility.įor the longest time, David Moody’s interest in horror was just that, an interest. It should be noted that while David Moody loved horror, he did not necessarily want to write it. They did not understand how apocalyptic stories moved the author, forcing him to imagine just how easily life could be transformed by an external force. Naturally, some of the adult elements in his life grew concerned with his interests. It wasn’t always easy for Moody to pursue his passions. Wells) and’ Day of the Triffids’ (Wyndham) among his favorite literary works. The author counts ‘War of the Worlds’ (H.G. It helped that he was always reading apocalyptic fiction. If anything, the possibilities fascinated him. Of course, none of these thoughts terrified David Moody per say. To Moody’s young mind, the planet was just one breath away from a catastrophe sweeping across its surface and changing life forever.Īnd it wasn’t just diseases and plagues that kept Moody up but the idea of meteorites smashing into the earth or even the economy crumbling and bringing about untold disaster.

He didn’t understand how people could move on with daily life, assuming that the world was always going to stay the same. For one thing, he couldn’t get it out of his mind that the world was going to end one day. Even as a child, Moody’s fascination for horror was unmistakable. Moody is best known for ‘Autumn’, a book he published in 2001 and which later received a movie adaptation.ĭavid Moody was born in 1970 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England. David Moody is an English author that writes horror novels.

Autumn by David Moody