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Wakenhyrst – I Want My Very Own Chatterpie
Rhona writes… I just wanted to say I think about this book constantly. I recommend this book to anyone I can. I want my very own chatterpie I live near a fen I want a doom painting Thanks so much for writing this true diamond xx Michelle Replies… Dear Rhona, I’m absolutely delighted that you…
Read MoreRainforest! Any signed editions or sprayed edges?
Daryl writes… Hello! I wrote to you previously praising Dark Matter & Thin Air and was ecstatic to learn you were writing a new book which we now know is titled Rainforest. Are you planning to do any signed editions or sprayed edges? Im hoping to preorder from waterstones but have jumped the gun before…
Read MoreOn the Writing Process, Mrs Oliphant, and Reprints of Michelle’s earliest novels
Ryan writes… Hi Michelle!! I am a writer from Edinburgh, Scotland! I first read your books back in secondary school in Dundee, where I was born and grew up, and I have loved them ever since. Nightly listening to Ian McKellen reading "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" was one of the best thing in my adolescence.…
Read MoreDeveloping Your Unique Writing Voice
Hilbert writes… Dear Michelle, I still remember when my brother came home from school one day with that orangey-brown book and I knew from the get-go I wanted to read it too. I think that must have been in 2009/10. We both devoured the whole Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, returning each day with another…
Read MoreMexico 🇲🇽
Ximena writes… hellooo. Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are. Let me introduce myself, I am Ximena Ortiz from Mexico 🇲🇽 and I am very excited to be able to write to you since she is my favorite author and her works on “Chronicles of Prehistory” have really enchanted me and allowed me to…
Read MoreClancast Q&A From 1st November 2009 – Is It Available Anywhere? (Yes!)
Asia writes… Hi Michelle, I have been a fan of yours for a very very long time!! I hope you are doing amazingly and time has treated you well. My question is whether you have a recording of Q&A that took place on the 1st of November in 2009? I know this is a big…
Read MoreWolf Brother in Russian?
Valeria writes… Hello! I love your books, especially the Wolf Brother series. I wrote to you in 2022 asking if the new books from this series would be translated into Russian. I understand the situation in the world, but I still want to ask this question again. Will the new books from the “Wolf Brother”…
Read MoreJust Wondering… What Was Torak’s Joke?
Rebecca writes… Hi Michelle. I was wondering some things: At the start of Wolf Brother, Torak tells his father a joke. What was that joke? Will the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness book series be adapted onscreen (film/TV)? Because I would love to see that. Do you already have any actors in mind for the cast?…
Read MoreThin Air Sculpture
Nicola writes… We ( my husband and I ) have been reading aloud together your book thin air We are currently in Argentina on a holiday We are staying in a town called bariloche and took the cable car up the mountain We came across a sculpture I have a photo of it I could…
Read MoreWolf Brother Book Series
Sam writes… Hi, I’m a student at university at the moment. I have been debating sending you a message for about a year or at least since I finished Wolfbane as an audiobook. I loved the book and I have bee a fan of the chronicles of ancient darkness ever since my dad introduced me…
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