I started writing because I found I could spend more time in my own imagination by doing that than I could by reading. Geraldine McCaughrean findimaginationread Change image and share on social
It isn't that I don't tackle issues; it's just that they're secondary to giving somebody an escape route from the banal routine of everyday life. Geraldine McCaughrean banalescapeeveryday Change image and share on social
My brother, whom I adored, typed out a children's book illustrated by himself... at the age of 14. My sister, with whom I always shared a double bed, had that effortless superiority of someone six years older and anxious to show it. But we were each as shy as voles. It seemed safer to keep to each other's company. Geraldine McCaughrean adoreageanxious share on social