Fiona Dunbar is very funny and very friendly. After I met her at Siobhan Dowd’s memorial service, she responded to my plea for information about her books by sending me her latest. And she understands perfectly how to sign a book.
Toonhead is about seeing into the future, which is also a very witchy thing. Whatever you do as parents, don’t name your son Pablo, unless you’re Spanish. The Pablo in Toonhead has artist parents with a fondness for Picasso. Twelve-year-old Pablo is more into cartoons, once he discovers them. The book’s cover is a dazzling blue and red with a Picasso-ish flavour.
Pablo can see the future, which seems quite good, until it turns out to be quite bad. He, or rather Fiona, has a nice and amusing way with words. I really enjoyed Toonhead, and I’m glad to have discovered a new (to me) author. Check out Fiona’s website - it’s great fun to read.
Only drawback is Fiona will only reply to your email if you tell her your age…
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Fiona Dunbar // November 23, 2007 at 17:24
I promise that grown-ups don’t have to tell me how old they are! But it’s interesting for me to keep track of my readers’ ages, especially since some bookshops insist on putting me in the teen section (the vast majority of my readers are in the 9-13 category).
bookwitch // November 23, 2007 at 17:37
Better to be old than having to lie, as with Cathy Hopkins’ mailing list, where I simply couldn’t be born before 1963. I just want to know how they decided on that particular year.
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