![]() ![]() The author’s following was so strong that an employee at a New Jersey Barnes & Noble contacted Coates about purchasing physical copies of her books. And her signature blend of classic horror with historical fiction, sci-fi, or the supernatural gave her novels a wide readership-her fans weren’t just horror fans. “And each book I released after that sold more.”įor the next five years, Coates’s e-books, including The Folcroft Ghosts, The Haunting of Ashburn House, and The House Next Door, captured the attention of countless readers. ![]() That was the year Coates self-published The Haunting of Gillespie House. But Coates’s titles were slow to sell-that is, until 2015, when everything changed. She followed that up by self-publishing 22 horror novels through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing program. Seven years ago, Coates self-published her first horror e-book, “Once Returned,” a novella about a woman whose husband goes missing during a hiking trip. But with grit and determination, she went from self-published to a traditionally published author of more than 20 horror novels-many of which are USA Today bestsellers. Darcy Coates’s journey as a writer has been anything but easy. ![]()
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