My school is very good and quite understanding and know I have to take time off for interviews or writers’ festivals. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
At one school I visited, everyone had read ‘Halo,’ and they were all dressed up as angels – with halos! Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
I’d love to study in the U.S. I visited Vanderbilt in Nashville, and I’ve been told to check out Ole Miss. There are so many schools that I don’t really know where to start. But I do love the U.S. and have met so many supportive and enthusiastic people here while I’ve been on tour. I could definitely live here! Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
When I wrote ‘The Shadow Thief,’ I had an obsession with Peter Pan. I get focused on things. In fact, I was an absolute horror to live with at that stage. I had a big fight with my mum because I wanted her to change the windows so Peter Pan could visit me. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
Childhood is just this amazing place, and in my books, I was trying to express my concern about childhood being eroded. You have kids’ TV programs being interrupted by terrorist attacks, and kids are exposed to so much these days. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn’t help that we are largely overlooked. There have been policies to woo parents, pensioners and the sick, but the young do not appear to rank high on any political agenda. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
I’d read a lot of books where the girls are in awe of the supernatural male, so I thought it was time to write about an awesome and super-powerful female who is also quite vulnerable and naive about life on earth. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
The subject of angels and demons really grabbed me. There is a huge mass of information, and the Bible is one of the most amazing reference points. Alexandra Adornetto Read Quote
