Richard Chizmar discusses his Boogeyman trilogy, blending memoir and supernatural horror with intimate details about his small-town Pennsylvania childhood, his creative partnership with Stephen King on Gwendy's Button Box, and the real-life inspirations and vulnerabilities behind writing about himself, his family, and his hometown as characters in horror fiction. Chizmar intentionally blurs the line between memoir and horror fiction, writing Chasing the Boogeyman with real names, locations, and people while creating fictional murders to explore genuine childhood fears and the loss of small-town innocence.