WRITING: The first books I remember reading are from the Ladybird series, and things like The Red Dragon, and The Green Pirate. Later on I loved all the Brer Rabbit stories, then got into Roald Dahl and Gerald (...)

What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?

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The first books I remember reading are from the Ladybird series, and things like The Red Dragon, and The Green Pirate. Later on I loved all the Brer Rabbit stories, then got into Roald Dahl and Gerald Durrell.

From a young age I enjoyed writing adventure stories, but it was only in my thirties that I had enough experience to write full-blown novels. The urge to write came from a love of reading and the amazing effect it can have on the human imagination.

The first thing I had published was at the age of 11. It was a small piece about a school trip to Switzerland that got into the local paper.