Mitchell Leung

Mitchell Leung asked Jonathan Stroud:

Have you considered adding any special connection ghosts to any of the main characters of the Lockwood & Co series? Actually answer either that or this: Will you ever crossover at any point the Bartimaeus novels with Lockwood & Co? Like maybe a villain summons a djinni or something & Lockwood & Co go through the books to find another djinni (voila!- Bartimaeus) to fight back.

Jonathan Stroud Ooh, good questions. Well, I'll answer the crossover one. I think not: it's tempting to have some kind of crossover between the two universes, but if I did that it would at once undercut all the rules that govern both series. The funny thing about writing fantasy is that it has to have cast-iron rules: if you deviate from them, then anything can happen, and the reader straightaway loses interest. I did once have George reading a comic about a genie, but that's as close as it went (and I may have even cut that!).

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Karen Niedzwiecki

Karen Niedzwiecki asked Jonathan Stroud:

It is a bit off topic, but I can't find the answers anywhere else on the internet - What was the difference between the Trow King and just the regular Trows, and how much of their original selves do they maintain (it seems Halli's uncle retained quite a bit of himself if he could knowingly help Halli..?) Also, was Halli a dwarf?

Paul

Paul asked Jonathan Stroud:

One aspect of the "Lockwood" and "Bartimaeus" books that I enjoy is that the underlying magical premise has been allowed to affect the entire universe in which the story occurs. (Unlike many other books, where magic is secret or underground, and life for the unmagical proceeds in a way that indistinguishable from "real life".) Why do you choose to do that? What challenges and opportunities does it create?

Mary

Mary asked Jonathan Stroud:

I'm afraid this one is glaringly obvious, but Lockwood seems to be modeled on Sherlock Holmes. If so, would you say that Lucy has any similarities to Watson? Oh, and as the kids get older, will there be any romantic sparks between any of the three of them?

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