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Michelle Paver

British

1960

Novelist

I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of.

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It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places.

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Writing is a mysterious process, and many ideas come from deep within the imagination, so it's very hard to say how characters come about. Mostly, they just happen.

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I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.

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Have you ever held a snake? They are so strong. You can see why there are so many myths about them: they are unlike any other creature. It's extraordinary how that little brain can keep everything moving in different directions.

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