1. What made you decide to be a children's book writer?

I didn't set out to write and illustrate for children.

I did want to be a writer and loved art from an early age. As kids, my sister and I made regular visits to the Ackland Art Museum, though at first, I admit, we were more drawn to the dead guy in the tomb than the art...

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