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Odette Elliott
http://www.odetteelliott.co.ukodette.elliott@ntlworld.com
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Q: What were you like at school?
I talked a lot. I enjoyed making up short plays that the class would act.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A journalist.
Q: Which three words describe you best?
Grandmother. Loves children
Q: What is your favourite word?
Loving
Q: What are you afraid of?
Anything bad happening to members of my family.
Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?
Last night. I was looking at some friends taking part in a really funny dance.
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
Gardening in our small London courtyard garden, when the sun is shining.
Q: What strange habits do you have?
Not telling!
Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?
When I was fifteen, singing at the top of my voice with other fifteen year olds in the Paris Metro. I’ve “forgotten” anything worse.
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
A speech therapist
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Usually younger, but not always!
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Bob Marley
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Kindness
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
Cuba
Q: How long have you been a writer?
I have always written stories in notebooks.
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
By the time I had 4 children, my grandmother said “So when are you going to write all those books you talked about?” I was about 40 years old.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
At home, in cafes, in the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank. On park benches.
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The worst thing - rejection slips. The best, realising that children all round the world might see and read one’s published books. Meeting enthusiastic children on an author visit.
Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?
Children I meet. My children and grandchildren.
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
Try and catch up on other neglected areas. There are plenty!
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
”Ballet Shoes” by Noel Streatfield
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
“The Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Be prepared to re-write, not ‘once and again, but again and again’. Belong to a helpful critique group. If you don’t know of one, try and attend a course on writing.
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My Big Brother JJ
ISBN
9 781848 530072
Published By
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Status
In Print -
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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Status
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