Something Hairy This Way Comes (Scaredykids #4)

Becky Brown has a problem. It’s big, hairy and has eight legs and eyes. What’s more, it lives in her attic, right above her bed. The worst part? There’s about a thousand of those hairy monsters, and they’ve just decided to take a little trip down to Becky’s room. As if that’s not bad enough, Becky discovers that her new neighbor just loves spiders. He likes to collect them, breed them and do all kinds of weird experiments with them. Until one day, he takes his experiments to a whole new level. A horrendous level.

About the Author

Ever since I was a kid I was bitten by the writing bug: when I was ten, I decided I wanted to write a mystery story, just like my hero Agatha Christie (who wrote the Hercule Poirot stories). I only got as far as the second page before I realized that writing is a lot harder than it seems. And that you need some kind of story before you sit down to write! Over the years, I wrote stories in all the genres I liked best: mystery, thriller, comedy, romance, adventure... I even wrote movie screenplays about monster spiders and singing ghosts. Finally, I decided to try and write a funny and scary story for kids. To my surprise, I liked it so much, that I wrote a couple more, and then a couple more and... Well, to make a long story short, I'm a children's writer now. I actually studied to be a political scientist, but then I discovered that I didn't like politics all that much, so now I just spend my time writing stories. As you might have guessed from my name, I was born and raised in Belgium, the home of Tintin, Jean-Claude Van Damme, chocolate and waffles and the one and only Manneken Pis. I live in Ghent with my wife Anzhela and our fat red cat Tommy, thinking up new scary and funny stories. If you want to find out more about me or my stories, you can find me at www.josvanbrussel.com.

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