My name is Nell. My classmates and I would like to ask you a question. Who inspired you to become a writer? We really liked your Varjak Paw books when we read them in class because they were adventurous and sometimes spooky. We hope you continue to write more Varjak Paw books.

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Thank you so much for your lovely message! Of course I remember you - I'm not going to forget the first lady Dr Who in a hurry! Thank you so much for your awesome comment! I really enjoyed visiting your school and meeting everyone. I hope you enjoy Phoenix – please let me know what you think when you've had a chance to read it!

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And thank you so much about the IBBY Honour List! Just to clarify, there are no further stages to it – the list is the thing itself. Each country selects books to go on the list, and Phoenix has been selected for the UK. So it's an amazing honour to see it there! Hi Megan, and thank you so much for your fantastic comment! It really means a lot to hear things like that about my books. Phoenix took me seven years to write, but all the hard work feels worthwhile when I hear something like that from a reader like you! Our favourite characters were Varjak (4 votes), Sally Bones (3 votes) but the clear winner was Cludge (23 votes) (Cassius). I am Naveen and really like your book those books really do hold a place in my heart the literary techniques you use are just mind blowing it’s been two years since I read you Phoenix book and it was just out of the world literally now I am thirteen and am waiting eagerly for Tyler may I know what is Tyler going to be about because i couldn’t find any sneak peek of it. Is it going to be about space hope it’s about space nevertheless I am still supportive of any type of book you make you will always be my favourite author That's amazing to hear, thank you so much for letting me know! Please thank your English teacher from me for recommending Phoenix - it means a lot to know that a teacher has recommended it. And please thank your brother and your father for their kind words too!

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The cat’s eye had been cut off in a fight. Her name was Sor and she was looking for her beloved Sally Bones, but secretly Varjak had killed Sally Bones. Thank you Foxes class! I can understand why "random capital letters" might not be appreciated, but I hope my capital letters aren't completely random. In the case of "Outside", I think it suggests how little the cats know about the world outside; to them, it's something like another country, which we would normally capitalise. Other examples might be proper names - such as the Contessa, the Gentleman, the Elder Paw etc - and others might be part of a system, like the Seven Skills. I suppose in a lot of these cases, I wanted to give the reader the sense that this isn't a small or ordinary everyday thing; it's something important. (Although I would never say it was Something Important!) Varjak paw is a very good book. I cant wait to read the second book:THE OUTLAW OF VAJAK PAW! How on earth did you come up with the way As they entered the Free Cats’ territory Miss Moggs crying her eyes out. She said, “Sor has kidnapped all the Free Cats! I could not bear to come. Hi S.F Said! Hope you're well. How are you? I just wanted to tell you to keep up the great work. Even though I have only read 2 of your books which were about 1 or 2 years ago, well done for your awesome work. I haven't read 'Tyger' yet but I know it will be awesome.And finally, I use initials because my name is Arabic, and very hard to pronounce if you can't speak Arabic! So initials just seemed easier for me. But it's true that a lot of other writers do it too - JK Rowling, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien - I'm not sure why. Maybe it just looks sort of writerly? I really enjoyed visiting your school, and will be making a blog about it soon. And I hope it won't be too long before TYGER is finished - but I'll keep going for as many drafts as it takes!

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The books I loved when I was young inspired me to write my own books. I loved them so much, I wanted to write something that was even half as good one day. I'm planning to write one more Varjak Paw book, one day. I wrote a little bit about my idea for it here. In the meantime, I hope you'll try my new book Phoenix. It's not about Varjak, but I think if you enjoyed his adventures, you will enjoy it too! denial. It rose up out of him, and rushed towards her. He came at her with all his power, all his Skills, all”

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Thank you so much for your message! I'm really glad you enjoyed Varjak Paw - I hope you'll try my other books next next! Here are the answers to your questions: They would be overwelmed to read a reply from you, as they are currently writing their own ‘Phoenix Style’ story this week. hi I'm Ruqayyah i love the book Phoenix and my question is when is the second Phoenix coming out P.S your a really really really great author.

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Thank you so much for letting me know! It is a wonderful review of Phoenix, and I've left him a comment.

Joman, my favourite book is the one I'm writing right now! It's called TYGER - you can read a bit about it here: you came to my school cheetham community school and guess what I have actually started to write a story