Rachel Gillig

About Rachel Gillig

If she is not ensconced in blankets dreaming her next novel up, she is walking with her son, husband, and Wally (their poodle), or in her garden. The monster/maiden has been a favorite trope of Rachel’s since she was five when she watched “Beauty and the Beast”. For “One Dark Window”, her monster was the first character she created. He’s called the Nightmare, and he’s an amalgamation of two inspirations. The first is the yew tree from Patrick Ness’ “A Monster Calls”, and the second is his namesake, the creature in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting “The Nightmare”. Both of these monsters are horrifying and captivating entities. They aren’t “good” but they are not necessarily villains either. For Rachel, they stir up feelings of dread and wonder. They keep their own rules. Without the constraints