You are now listening to Post-Mortem with Mick Garris where the most influential voices in horror cinema will spill their guts, literally, to the renowned horror director, writer and producer.

Now, here's your host, Mick Garris.

I'm Mick Garris and from Nice Guy Productions World Headquarters overlooking the glamorous San Fernando Valley, this is Post-Mortem.

Writing books and making movies are two very different disciplines, and books and movies, though both entail telling stories, are entirely different media.

Many of our most popular films are derived from literary sources, and some books are indeed quite cinematic.

But because books and movies require the exercise of very different creative muscles, it's rare to find an author who is comfortable in the director's chair and vice versa.

Making a movie or TV show requires the ability to command an army of artist and technicians to deliver an entertainment that has to pass through the many hands of producers, studio and network executives, advertisers, marketers, and many other minions.

Writing a book usually requires sitting on your own in front of your computer and typing words.

It's no wonder that creators of these media rarely overlap.

But when it does happen, as in the case of today's guests, there is magic to be made.

Nicholas Meyer had his first success as a best-selling novelist, which led him to adapting that first book into a screenplay, which in turn led to him taking the directorial reins for a long and distinguished career as author, screenwriter, and director.

He has been able to take his own work from its origins and see it through to completion, as well as successfully adapting the work of others with vision and literary depth.

I've long been a fan of Meyer's work, and now you and I will get the chance to find out just what makes him tick.

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