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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Jordy

Jordy asked Jonathan Stroud:

Are Lucy and Lockwood going to get together? Is it at least a possibility?

Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson asked Jonathan Stroud:

Hello Mr Stroud! I absolutely love your books :D You've created very interesting settings in your books, having a modern yet antique feel to it. In Bartimaeus there is very interesting relationship between the magicians, the commoners and the spirits. Is such kind of a society and government present all over the world or just England in that universe during that time? Please do write more Bartimaeus stories :)

Auður Ragnarsdóttir

Auður Ragnarsdóttir asked Jonathan Stroud:

Dear Mr Stroud, I really enjoy your books, but I have a few questions: 1) Why does Lockwood specfically ask for a female when advertising for a new adent? 2) Will we ever get to know more about the Wythburn Mill ghost? 3) Does Lucy keep contact with her sisters and her mother? 4) What are the names of Lucy´s sisters? 5) Why does Lucy´s mother have to wash everything by hand? Thank you!

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