How to Tell the Difference Between Horror and Thriller

The two genres are extremely similar, but here are a few key ways to tell them apart!

Brian Rowe
Nov 3 · 15 min read
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In 2016 I spent a year writing an action-packed YA book I queried to literary agents as a horror novel.

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Author / Teacher / MFA in Fiction. I write MG & YA suspense novels!

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