SF Said, author of the Varjak Paw books and Phoenix talks about the book that inspired him to become a writer, Watership Down by Richard Adams

SF Said on Watership Down by Richard Adams

Piers Torday talks about the book that influenced his children's novel The Frozen Sea - C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair from the Chronicles of Narnia.

Piers Torday on The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Damaris Young, author of The Switching Hour talks about the book that inspired her - The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge.

Damaris Young on The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Sophie Kirtley author of Stone Age adventure The Wild Way Home talks about the book that inspired her, Clive King’s Stig of the Dump.

Sophie Kirtley on Stig Of The Dump by Clive King

Fleur Hitchcock talks about the book that made her realise not all heroines needed to be 'nice'. Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken is the third in a series that began with the Wolves of Willoughby Chase and the first to feature sparky street urchin Dido Twite as it's protagonist. We also discuss the book's influence on her Clifftoppers series whose characters draw on Dido's pluck, invention and kindness.

Fleur Hitchcock on Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken

Katherine Rundell, author of the Rooftoppers books discusses Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This beloved book from childhood helped stoke her passion for language and set her on a path of exploring hidden worlds both in stories and real life.

Katherine also talks here about Night Climbers of Cambridge, a guide to scaling ancient buildings and University colleges that informed her own real life Rooftopping and inspired characters like Matteo, the protagonist of her new book Skysteppers.

Katherine Rundell on Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Jake Hayes discusses the books that helped inspire our greatest children's authors to create their own modern masterpieces. Plunging down the rabbit hole, Deeper reading revisits beloved classics and uncovers lost works of staggering genius.

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