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Gillian McClure
http://www.gillianmcclure.comgillianmcclure@ntlworld.com
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Q: What were you like at school?
I was naughty but I always avoided being caught so the teacher thought I was good.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
I wasn't aware I had to be anything. I just enjoyed drawing and making up stories.
Q: What are you afraid of?
Snakes and large hairy spiders.
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I play the viola - the most joked about instrument in the orchestra
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
The Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast in Australia. I went snorkling there.
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
To enjoy the moment you are in without looking forward and without looking back.
Q: What has life taught you?
That being a child is the best time of your life.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
My first book was published in 1974
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The best thing is doing a job I love. The worst thing is having my work criticised or rejected by publishers.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
Dig the garden energetically.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
The Beatrix Potter books because not all the characters are nice.
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Time and space is precious - don't Twitter them away.
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
It was decided for me when a Schools Inspector saw a book I had made for a reception class and sent it off to a publisher.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
I carry a note pad with me so I can write anywhere- on a bus - on a train. However I have to illustrate in my studio or it would be far too messy.
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
That is a big mystery that I cannot answer.
Q: Which of your own characters do you most identify with?
The little girl Queenie in TOM FINGER who goes on a quest.
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The Land of the Dragon King
ISBN
978-84507-805-8
Published By
Frances Lincoln
Status
In Print -
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1-84507-404-1
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Tom Finger
ISBN
0-7475-5596-6
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Bloomsbury
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Bruna
ISBN
0-7475-6495-7
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Selkie
ISBN
0-552-54605-4
Status
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