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have a very clever older brother called Neil. When I was young,
everything he did, I wanted to do. So when, at 14, he had a
book published, that became a great ambition of mine. I was
also very shy and timid. (I still am.) The one place I dared
to have adventures was in my imagination, writing stories.
Dad was a fireman, Mum was a teacher. We did not have television
at home until I was 9, so you can imagine how exciting it was
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I grew up, I went on writing - always and everywhere - never
really expecting to get published. I did a lot of jobs - secretary,
teacher, journalist, sub-editor. But I wrote as I travelled
to and fro to work: it was my hobby. Now I stay home all day
and write. It's great, but it still seems odd to earn a living
by having so much fun. |
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I go into nearby schools to talk about being a writer and play
story-making games, and, of course, to find out what the really
important people - the readers - are thinking. |
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have written about hundred and sixty books, mostly for children,
some for adults; also a play for radio about trawlers sinking
and sixty little plays; (I love drama). Maybe you'd like to
act some of them. Nowadays, I have an twenty-one year old daughter,
Ailsa, to read my stories, a husband, John, to check my stories
and a Golden Retriever, Daisy, to eat my stories.
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Pull Out All The Stops |
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May 2011
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