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Jonathan Emmett Revealed
About Jonathan Emmett
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What is your birthdate?:12/10
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Previous occupations:Architect
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Favorite job:Author
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High school and/or college:School in Leicestershire, college in Nottingham
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Favorite movie:Brazil
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Professional storyteller and fantasist, amateur neurosurgeon and astronaut.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. He who hesitates is ... just hang on a moment ...
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Climate Change and what it might mean for our children.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "Basically"
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Single-handedly defending the Earth from alien invasion.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. A tendency to make things up.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. A tendency to make things up.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. A tendency to make things up.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Rock Star
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Objectivity, Enthusiasm, Honesty
On Books and Writing
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Always use the POINTY end of the pencil!
- Q. How did you come to write She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain?
- A. The idea of adapting the song She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain into a picture book was suggested to me by Kate Burns, who has edited several of my books.
