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Fast Five with Nic Brockelbank
Why did you want to be a writer? To fundraise for charities. My first hand-written cookbook I sold to raise money for the Christchurch Earthquake Relief Fund, and then I hand-wrote two books to raise...
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Fast Five with Mandy Hager
Why did you want to be a writer? It’s the way I best communicate and helps me to unravel all the issues that concern me. What’s the best thing about being a writer? Sharing ideas and experiences with...
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Fast Five with Lindy Fisher
Why did you want to be a writer? I can’t seem to help making images. I’ve done it forever! I enjoy texture and colour and playing with it. Sometimes my images are used to illustrate children’s...
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Fast Five with Sarah Johnson
Why did you want to be a writer? Stories are one of my favourite things in the whole world (as are books), so it made sense to me that I would enjoy writing them, and I do. I have carried the stories...
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Fast Five with Kath Beattie
Why did you want to be a writer? I’ve been writing since I was a small girl. Telling stories is just something I do and want to do and as a small child had to do. We didn’t have many books…we were...
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Fast Five with Anna Mackenzie
Why did you want to be a writer? I have always loved writing. I wrote my first book when I was seven – I have it still; it’s called ‘Stories of the Little Elf’ – but it still took me quite a long time...
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Fast Five with Melanie Drewery
Why did you want to be a writer? Because I have always had a vivid imagination, and when I was small I was a real chatterbox with lots of ideas to share. Writing is sort of like talking a lot on...
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Fast Five with Jennifer Beck
Why did you want to be a writer? I was lucky to grow up in a family who loved books and valued reading. Although I wrote my first book when I was nine (it wasn’t very good – I’m sure many of you...
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Fast Five with Philippa Werry
Why did you want to be a writer? I think I wanted to be a writer because I was a reader, and I wanted to be able to write a book as well as read one. It frustrated and puzzled me for a long time that...
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Fast Five with Jenny Cooper
Why did I want to be an illustrator? I never knew you could be an illustrator, but I always drew, at home, when I was young. Then I grew up and discovered that there was a whole world of picture books...
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