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Ceci Jenkinson
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Q: What were you like at school?
Early on: quiet and good. Later on: bored and rebellious
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A writer. From the age of 8. It only took another 32 years.
Q: What is your favourite word?
I like words that conjure up happy visions, words like holiday and sunshine. I also like words that sound great, like bamboozle and serendipity. Giggle is a great word because it ticks both boxes.
Q: What are you afraid of?
I don't want to think about it.
Q: What’s your favourite food?
chocolate and spaghetti, although not together.
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
An English teacher or a barrister.
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Courage, energy, a sense of humour. (Am I allowed three?)
Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?
The feeling that there are so many things I'd like to change about myself.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
In my dreams: 36 years. In reality: 36 months.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
In my kitchen because it's the only warm room in the house. But I can write anywhere; you learn to concentrate.
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The best things include independence, the justifiction to dream up what I like and the happy response from children. The worst things are all very dull: lack of security and the need for discipline and patience.
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
That would be telling.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
I've never had it. Watch this space.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
The Secret Garden. I also loved The 101 Dalmations, Asterix books and Enid Blyton's Island of Adventure series.
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
To Kill a Mockingbird, but Harper Lee got there first.
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