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TIH 367: Daniel Kraus on The Living Dead, George A. Romero, and Guillermo del Toro

  • September 23, 2020

  • 4 mins to read

In this podcast Daniel Kraus talks about The Living Dead, George A. Romero, Guillermo del Toro, and much more.

About Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling author. With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year, and he has won two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler) and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more. His most recent release is The Living Dead, a posthumous collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus’s work has been translated into over 25 languages.

Show notes

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[3:19] The Living Dead with George A. Romero
[15:15] Discovering 100 extra pages of George’s work
[22:22] Mary Roach’s Stiff
[42:06] Lesser-known things about George A. Romero
[50:10] Unfinished Romero projects
[57:05] Patrick McDonough, via Patreon, asks about favourite Romero films
[1:04:30] Night of the Living Dead remake
[1:07:20] Intimidation working with Romero
[1:10:09] Working with Del Toro
[1:14:33] Advice to eighteen-year-old self
[1:17:37] Writing during a pandemic
[1:31:41] Connect with Daniel/final thoughts

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