Goodreads asked Paul Kitcatt:

How do you get inspired to write?

Paul Kitcatt When I was six, my grandparents gave me a wonderful book for Christmas: The Golden Treasury of Natural History, by Bertha Morris Parker. It covered everything from the earliest forms of life, through the dinosaurs, to modern animals, and then on, out into space, with illustrations throughout. I spent hours with it, and decided that one day, I would write a book. I already wrote little stories in exercise books; now I set my sights higher. It's taken a bit longer than I expected.

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