The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Nineteen
In this episode, I am joined by Fiona Wood, author of young adult novels, Six Impossible Things, Wildlife and Cloudwish. She has worked as a television scriptwriter and is an ambassador for The Stella Prize Schools Program. You can find her on her website and Twitter.
Books Mentioned
- The Book that Made Me edited by Judith Ridge.
- The ‘Anne of Green Gables’ series.
- Authors mentioned: Edith Nesbitt, Enid Blyton, Louisa May Alcott, Susan Coolidge, Elizabeth Enright, C S Lewis, Joan Aiken.
Subjects Discussed
- Fiona’s chapter in The Book that Made Me – which book made her, and why that excited me.
- What The Stella Prize Schools Program is, and why it’s important.
- What books Fiona read as a child.
- Fiona’s journey becoming a novelist.
- What does she prefer when writing: music or silence?
- How does she get un-stuck writing?
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