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All Writers Are Liars. They Twist Events To Suit Themselves. They Make Use Of Their Own Tragedies To Make A Better Story... They Are Terrible People.

I Like Writing For Children. It Seems To Me That Most People Underestimate Their Understanding And The Strength Of Their Feelings And In My Books For Them I Try To Put This Right.

I Was Born In A Small Suburb Of Ilford In A Rather Nasty Housing Estate That My Mother Despised. She Had Grown Up In The Country, So When The War Came And I Was Evacuated To Wales She Thought I Was Much Better Off There.

People Who Don't Read Seem To Me Mysterious. I Don't Know How They Think Or Learn About Other People. Novels Are A Very Important Part Of Our Education.

I Dislike The Word 'victim.' I Dislike Being Told That I 'lost' My Husband - As If I Had Idly Abandoned You By The Side Of The Railway Track Like An Unwanted Pair Of Old Shoes.