![]() STILL HERE and STILL BRILLIANT-if a bit more valuable. It’s a book now so that sort of counts …įacebook for friends. Twitter for ‘chat’. Just for fun, I’m enjoying Very British Problems. What’s your favourite books website or blog? If I was thinking about films that made an impact, I think it would have to be Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the Child Catcher is the scariest character ever. Liz is the author of the best selling TOM GATES series for 9+ readers, which has sold 5,000,000. Her freelance design work has appeared on a range of products and she has written and illustrated a number of picture books, including My Big Brother Boris. I saw Matilda in the theatre and that was pretty special. Liz Pichon studied graphic design and has worked as an art director in the music industry. What’s your favourite book adaptation (film, television or theatre)? I could persuade my kids to tidy up at speed and who wouldn’t want that handbag? If you were a literary character you’d be … ![]() The colours, textures and the way the whole book is laid out really made an impact on me. I can remember thinking and feeling it was a very special book, even at that age. I still have the collection of Aesop’s Fables illustrated by Brian Wildsmith- The Lion and the Rat (OUP)-that my sister gave me for my fifth birthday. What was the defining book of your childhood? As of November 2011, she resides in Brighton. It’s a wonderful combination of pictures, layout, text, humour and stories. She was born in London, England on 16th August 1963. I often get asked for tips on writing children’s books, so I always suggest reading The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith, Allen Lane). I love reading funny autobiographies and I heard a review today that was good so I’m going to get that. I’m editing and drawing like crazy so the only thing I’m reading is my own book.Ĭurious: True Stories and Loose Connections (Rebecca Front, Weidenfeld & Nicolson). There’s rain, pens, sticky notes and lots of doodles in the latest instalment, with pages for YOU to draw in too (if the book’s yours. ![]() More bad news: And she’s bringing a FRIEND. What would you put on a shelf-talker for your latest book? Pichon will visit the Sydney Writers’ Festival and Melbourne in May. Writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is the author of the ‘Tom Gates’ books for young readers, including the forthcoming Super Good Skills (Almost) (Scholastic, June).
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