My influences come from a few authors. One of my favourite books growing up was The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. He took a break from his usual genres to write an excellent children’s fantasy novel. I loved it and read it many times.
I was also a fan of the Roald Dalh and I must have read every one of his books twenty times over when I was a child. I loved the BFG.
I spent years writing short stories without any desire to see them published. It wasn’t until I was in my 30’s and had a family of my own that I felt I would like to write something for them to read as they got older. more...
