My earliest reading memory
Enid Blyton’s The Adventures of Mr Pink-Whistle. A pixie-man with a black cat who went around helping children and putting things right. He could turn invisible and had a crew of magic friends who assisted on his missions. He was my hero at age six, and I didn’t think his name was anything other than gangster.
My favourite book growing up
The Choose Your Own Adventure series by Edward Packard and others. Aside from the interactive element, it was my first introduction to horror, science fiction, thrillers, whodunnits and westerns; also good training for writing novels in the second person.
