![]() ![]() “I realize that particularly now the idea of a white author writing about black characters is a particularly fraught subject,” says Ruff, who grew up in a multi cultural home, “but to me it's just the kind of thing I have always done and I believe you can succeed at it as long as you take the time and do your research and your job and, you know, get it right. All of which may seem just a bit odd because Ruff is white. Showrunner Misha Green has called Ruff's book "beautiful", the jumping off point for reclaiming the sci-fi horror genre for people of color. Many critics say Lovecraft Country is one of the year's must see shows. This is kind of odd because he is mostly known for comedy but Jordan Peele wants to talk to you about your book’.” The HBO series Lovecraft Country, created by Misha Green and based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, aimed to pull off a clever trick: to use Lovecraft’s themes (ancient cults, the. Ahead of his time for TV in the early 2000s, Ruff reworked his rejected pitch into the. ![]() “My agent called me up one day and said ‘Hey. Lovecraft is basically both: He was an important horror writer, but he was also a white supremacist. ![]() It was published in 2016, just as Jordan Peele was wrapping things up on his breakthrough horror film "Get Out" and looking for a new project. Nobody went for it in 2007 so Ruff turned the concept into his seventh novel. ![]()
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