Ask the Author: Jonathan Hope
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Jonathan Hope
The best thing for me about being a writer of illustrated books (or, for the moment, of AN illustrated book!) is the ability to collaborate in turning ideas into a visual and physical reality. Unlike many writers, I'm guessing, I relish working with others - and Riccardo Guasco has been a real pleasure to work (and play) with.
Jonathan Hope
I'd like to follow my alphabet book with a number book, along similarly quirky lines. I've made a start, but there's work to be done. The working title is 'How the Numbers Died'.
Jonathan Hope
Finding inspiration isn't as hard as finding time! I start with little ideas and usually with a structure - a form, metre and rhyme scheme - I like. The form and rhythm have a knack of generating words...
Jonathan Hope
The book started life as a poem, though I always hoped to turn it into an illustrated book as it was directly inspired by the deliciously dark 'Gashlycrumb Tinies' by Edward Gorey.
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