Tell me what inspired you to write for children? I started writing when I was a child, so naturally carried on in that genre. (I write for adults too.) Somebody once described my writing as playing with a blend of the familiar and the strange, staying right on the ambiguous edge between them, and I […]

Tell me what inspired you to write for children?I did an adult book about football and went into schools. Children told me what they like to read and I gave those books a go and realised that was what excited me most. How hard was it to get your first book published?Very. 20 years of […]