I Started Writing Books For Children Because

I Think The U.k. Is Too Small To Write About From Within It And Still Make It Seem Foreign And Exotic And Interesting.

But I Said That You Could Still Want Something That Is Very Unlikely To Happen.

I Better Make The Plot Good. I Wanted To Make It Grip People On The First Page And Have A Big Turning Point In The Middle, As There Is, And Construct The Whole Thing Like A Bit Of A Roller Coaster Ride...

Writing For Children Is Bloody Difficult; Books For Children Are As Complex As Their Adult Counterparts, And They Should Therefore Be Accorded The Same Respect.

I Think I've Learnt That There Is No Character So Strange That You Haven't Shared Their Experience In Some Small Way.