My wife gave me a year to start making money out of writing, and after six months, I'd made not a bean. Suddenly, the books took off, and the beans started coming in! Jonathan Stroud beanbookcome Change image and share on social
I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality. Jonathan Stroud backbitecompletely share on social
Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them. Jonathan Stroud featureghosthapless Change image and share on social
I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes. Jonathan Stroud awarenesscharacterdate Change image and share on social
I used to have quite long hair, and I decided that I wanted to get it cut. I'd never met the person who did it, and she cut it into some kind of dreadful mullet. It looked like a triangle on my head. The other kids were merciless. Jonathan Stroud cutdecidedreadful share on social