Who are your favourite authors and what do you like about their style?

by Adrian Sroka
19th April 2013

Michael Morpurgo, Sharon Creech, Eve Ibbotson, Geraldine McCaughrean, Anne Fine, Malorie Blackman, Margaret Mahy and Joanne Harris are particular favourites. I could name more

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David Almond, hands down for style. He's a genius of brevity and meaning.

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Simon P. Clark
19/04/2013

It's great when that happens, isn't it Andrew. Did you see him interviewed by Maureen Lipman last night? It's bound to be on the iplayer. Powerful stuff.

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Terry Pratchett is my all time favourite because he has never failed to make me laugh out loud, sometimes in public.

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