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Phil Earle: Saving Daisy Interview

Spinebreakers interview Phil Earle at the launch of his latest book, Saving Daisy.

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Author Interview: Meg Rosoff

Spinebreakers meet award-winning writer Meg Rosoff, author of the stunning novel 'There Is No Dog'

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Author Interview: Kevin Brooks

Spinebreaker Ciara speaks to award-winning author Kevin Brooks about his compulsive new book 'Naked'

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Author Interview: Melvin Burgess

Video interview with Melvin Burgess author of KILL ALL ENEMIES

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Meg Rosoff

Interview with Meg Rosoff

By Ayesha / Spinebreakers Crew

The Spinebreakers crew interview the award winning author of There Is No Dog...

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Ruta Sepetys

Author Interview: Ruta Sepetys

By Merinda / Spinebreakers Crew

Merinda met author Ruta Sepetys to ask her more about her debut novel Between Shades of Gray.

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Author Interview: Anna Perera

By Cameron / Spinebreakers Crew

Cameron interviewed Anna Perera at the book launch of The Glass Collector at Daunt Books.

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Interview with Phil Earle

Author Interview: Phil Earle

By Ciara / Spinebreakers Crew

Interview with Phil Earle, author of Being Billy.

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Ally Condie

Interview with Ally Condie

By Madeleine / Spinebreakers Crew

Madeleine asks author Ally Condie about her inspriation for characters, themes and the storyline in Matched.

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Rebecca Hunt

Author Interview: Rebecca Hunt

By Jasmin / Spinebreakers Crew

Debut novelist Rebecca Hunt talks to Jasmin about what it’s like to get that all important first book deal, her writing rituals and why Mr Chartwell was love at first sight…

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Dawn French

Interview with Dawn French

By Libby, Cameron & Olivia / Spinebreakers Crew

We interviewed Dawn French in the guise of Dora and Oscar, the teens in her debut novel A Tiny Bit Marvellous.

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Jane Johnson

Jasmin speaks with Jane Johnson

By Jasmin / Spinebreakers Crew

Having enthralled readers into the depths of the Moroccan landscape with her latest novel The Salt Road, Jane Johnson talks about upcoming projects, her sporadic writing routine, and what it feels like to have your first book published…

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Rick Riordan

Q&A with Rick Riordan

Find out about the gods, monsters and the 3 new demi-gods in Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero.

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Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl introduce 'Beautiful Darkness'

Video message from authors of Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness; Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

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Alex Scarrow

Interview with Alex Scarrow

By Max, Olivia, Rob, Jasmin, Lily & Surya / Spinebreakers Crew

We interviewed Alex Scarrow to find out how he made the leap from being a computer games designer to writing the TimeRiders series.

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Spinebreakers interview Pittacus Lore

By Alex, Charlie, Nicole, Cameron, Jasmin, Lauren, Amy and Max / Spinebreakers Crew

Alex, Charlie, Nicole, Cameron, Jasmin, Lauren, Amy and Max ask Pittacus Lore some interesting questions about being the Loric author of I Am Number Four.

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Kirsten Miller

Interview with Kirsten Miller

By Olivia / Spinebreakers Crew

Olivia asks Kirsten Miller about The Eternal Ones, reincarnation, inspiration for the characters and who she would cast in a film adaptation of her book.

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Eoin Colfer

Interview with Eoin Colfer

By Feffy / Spinebreakers Crew

Feffy asks Eoin some interesting questions about what Artemis Fowl is up to now and where Eoin's fiction will go in the future.

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Kevin Brooks

Interview with Kevin Brooks

By Cameron & Rob / Spinebreakers Crew

Cameron and Rob sent in questions for Kevin Brooks about his latest book, iBoy.

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Nicole interviewing Melvin Burgess

Interview with Melvin Burgess

By Nicole / Spinebreakers Crew

Nicole asks Melvin Burgess about his new book Nicholas Dane.

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Jenny Han

Interview with Jenny Han

By Spinebreakers

We ask Jenny Han about a few of her favourite things.

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Helen Grant

Spinebreakers interview Helen Grant

By Isla, Alex, Kirsty, Lauren / Spinebreakers Crew

Isla, Alex, Kirsty and Lauren sent in some questions for Helen Grant, author of The Vanishing of Katharina Linden and The Glass Demon.

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Q&A with Rick Riordan on The Kane Chronicles

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

Find out more about the exciting new series from Rick Riordan, the Kane Chronicles.

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Andrew Rawnsley

Conrad and Agnes interview Andrew Rawnsley.

By Conrad & Agnes / Spinebreakers Crew

Conrad and Agnes ask Andrew Rawnsley about the importance of young people having an insight into the world of politics, particularly in the run-up to the General Election.

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Richelle Mead

Isaac interviews Richelle Mead

By Isaac / Spinebreakers Crew

Isaac met Richelle Mead whilst she was on a UK Vampire Academy tour. Check out the interview.

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Zizou Corder

Victoria interviews Zizou Corder

By Victoria / Spinebreakers Crew

Victoria attended the book launch of Halo on 24th Feb at Daunt Books and caught up with authors Zizou Corder to ask about their inspiration for the book.

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Alex Scarrow

Becca interviews Alex Scarrow

By Becca / Spinebreakers Crew

Becca sent in some questions for Alex Scarrow about his new book TimeRiders. Will there be a sequel? Find out in this interview.

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Eoin Colfer

Orlando's interview with Eoin

By Orlando McCarthy / Spinebreakers Crew

Orlando met Eoin Colfer at HitchCon 09. Here is the interview transcript.

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Paul Hoffman

Interview with Paul Hoffman

By Ayesha and Malik / Spinebreakers Crew

Spinebreakers Editors Ayesha and Malik met Paul Hoffman to ask him about his new trilogy; The Left Hand of God.

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Interview with Richelle Mead

By Spinebreakers

We sent your questions to Richelle Mead and here are her responses.

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Richelle Mead

Interview with Richelle Mead

By Spinebreakers

Author Richelle Mead answers your questions about the Vampire Academy series.

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Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead talks about Vampire Academy

Richelle talks about the inspiration behind her Vampire Academy series.

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Richelle Mead talks about Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead talks about where she got the inspiration for her Vampire Academy series - turns out she's a mythology geek!

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Eoin Colfer

Spinebreakers Interview with Eoin Colfer

By Spinebreakers Crew

Various questions were sent in by the Spinebreakers Crew to be answered by Eoin Colfer about his new book, And Another Thing, part six of three in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Nick on his readers and new projects

By Spinebreakers

Nick Hornby talks about his readers and new projects.

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Nick on what he’s reading and listening to right now

By Spinebreakers

Nick Hornby talks about what he's reading and listening to right now.

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Nick on love and relationships in Juliet, Naked

By Spinebreakers

Nick Hornby talks about love and relationships in his new book Juliet, Naked.

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Nick on autobiographical elements in Juliet, Naked

By Spinebreakers

Nick Hornby talks about autobiographical elements his new book Juliet, Naked.

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Meg Rosoff

Rebecca and Samara interview Meg Rosoff

By Rebecca and Samara / Spinebreakers Crew

Rebecca and Samara caught up with author Meg Rosoff to ask her about her latest book The Bride's Farewell.

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Olivia and Anna Perera

Olivia meets Anna Perera

By Olivia Scott-Berry / Spinebreakers Crew

Olivia interviews Anna Perera and asks why she chose to write about such a sensitive and controversial issue.

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Rebecca and Morris Gleitzman

Rebecca meets Morris Gleitzman

By Rebecca / Spinebreakers Crew

Rebecca interviews Morris Gleitzman and asks why he chose to write about the Holocaust.

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Claire interviewing Marian Keyes and VV Brown

Claire's interview with Marian Keyes and VV Brown

By Claire / Spinebreakers Crew

Click to find out more about their joint project around This Charming Man.

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Anna Godbersen

Interview with Anna Godbersen

By Rebecca, jelliellie, Stacy Reeve / Spinebreakers Crew

We sent some questions out to Anna Godbersen in New York - here are her responses. She's such a luxe author!

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Rebecca interviews Kevin Brooks

By Rebecca / Spinebreakers Crew

Rebecca caught up with Kevin Brooks at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Click here to watch the video.

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Sarah and Eoin Colfer

Interview with Eoin Colfer on tour

By Sarah

Sarah caught up with Eoin Colfer whilst he was on tour with his show Fairies, Fiends and Flatulance and asked him a few questions for Spinebreakers

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Leah and Eoin on Stage

Eoin Colfer at The Swan Theatre in Worcester

By Leah Matthews / Spinebreakers Crew

Read Leah's account of having the privilege of interviewing the mastermind behind the criminal mastermind

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Tim meets Eoin Colfer at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

By Tim / Spinebreakers Crew

Eoin reads from Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2008

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Max Interviews A$$hole Guru

By Max Elsworth / Spinebreakers Crew

Max interviews the A$$hole Guru about his latest book and a$$holism.

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Bloggers Beware!

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

Niamh talks to author Catherine Sanderson who was fired for writing an anonymous, controversial blog.

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jellyellie and Naomi meet Clay Shirky

By jellyellie

jellyellie tells us about her experience of interviewing Clay Shirky.

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Favourite place...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Tips for young writers

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Cringeworthy

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Artemis 6

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Artemis film?

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Any character from any book...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Teacher...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Anything planned for Airman...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Reading...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Fairy technology

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Books to boys

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Books before Artemis

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Rituals or tricks...

By Spinebreakers / Spinebreakers Crew

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Melvin Burgess on video blogs

Melvin Burgess sees his characters come to life on the internet.

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Osman Asks About Comedy

By Osman Diallo / Spinebreakers Crew

Osman asks Charlie Higson what he likes most about comedy.

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Teenage Years

By Osman Diallo / Spinebreakers Crew

Osman asks Nick Hornby about his teenage years.

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jellyellie Asks Young Bond Author About His Momentous Inspirations

By jellyellie / Spinebreakers Crew

jellyellie asks Young Bond author if he had any momentous inspirations for his work.

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Allie Asks Nick Hornby About Music

By Allie Nicholson / Spinebreakers Crew

Allie asks Nick Hornby about music and songs.

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What do you like about Flemming?

By Naomi Passley / Spinebreakers Crew

Naomi tries to grasp Charlie Higson's inspiration.

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How did you become a writer?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

Anthony asks Melvin how he started.

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Influence

By Max Elsworth / Spinebreakers Crew

Max asks Nick what influenced Slam.

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Likes/Dislikes

By Max Elsworth / Spinebreakers Crew

Max asks Charlie Higson his preference.

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Describe your book

By Jade Hunter / Spinebreakers Crew

Jade asks Kevin Brooks to describe his novel.

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What do you think about the education system?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

Anthony grills Melvin Burgess.

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Future Plans

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

Niamh speaks to Kevin Brooks about his life.

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Character's journey

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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Developing a voice

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

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Accessible to all?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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Anthony interviews Melvin Burgess

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

Anthony interviews Melvin Burgess

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How do you follow teen trends?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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Jade asks Charlie Higson what he would like to be remembered for

By Jade Hunter / Spinebreakers Crew

Jade asks Charlie Higson what he would like to be remembered for

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Niamh interviews Nick Hornby

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

Niamh asks Nick if he has imaginary friends

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What do you do when you're not writing?

By Osman Diallo

Osman finds out about Kevin's free time

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Transition

By Mirian Jacinto

Mirian finds out how easy the transition from comedy to writing

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Adult or teens

By Jade Hunter

Jade finds out who Nick Hornby prefers writing for

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Nicholas Hoult and Nick Hornby talk about Slam

Nicholas Hoult and Nick Hornby talk about Slam

By Nick Hornby / Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult and Nick Hornby talk about Slam

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More children books planned?

By Naomi Passley / Spinebreakers Crew

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What mystery would you solve?

By Naomi Passley / Spinebreakers Crew

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Who would you invite to a BBQ?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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jellyellie interviews Nick Hornby

By jellyellie / Spinebreakers Crew

jellyellie speaks to Nick Hornby about his new book, Slam

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Conflicts

By jellyellie / Spinebreakers Crew

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First Book

First book

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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Remembered for?

By Jade Hunter / Spinebreakers Crew

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Your First Book

Your First Book

By Allie Nicholson / Spinebreakers Crew

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How does Rhythm Work?

How does rhythm work?

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

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Basics

By Allie Nicholson / Spinebreakers Crew

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