The Booktopia Book Guru asks

Mal Peet

author of Life: An Exploded Diagram, Keeper, The Penalty, Exposure and more…

Ten Terrifying Questions

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1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled?

I was born in a place called North Walsham, in Norfolk, England. It was a one-horse town until the horse got bored and left. I lived there until I was nearly eighteen. Mine was a working-class family; we lived in a council house. (Maybe I should explain that, because I don’t know how to translate it into Australian: a simple house rented fairly cheaply from the local (more…)

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