It was one of those amazingly lucky chances.  Just after I’d finished WOLF BROTHER, my agent was at a drinks party, where he encountered Ian McKellen.  They talked a bit about the book, a copy was subsequently sent round, and a few days later, Ian said he’d be interested in reading the audio book.  I…

What made Michelle start writing? What other jobs has she done? Why can’t she whistle? You can find answers to these and many more things you never knew about Michelle in this, the most comprehensive collection of interview questions and answers about her ever assembled! So – what made you start writing? I wrote my…

Michelle is interviewed by Stephen Moss for The G2 section of The Guardian. Michelle Paver is sparkier and less diffident than I recall. We originally met in 2004, when Wolf Brother, the first of her bestselling series of children’s novels about stone-age life, appeared. Outcast, number four of a planned six, is published this week,…

“Without Charity” was Michelle’s first published book.  There is a special place in every author’s heart for their debut work… it is often intensely personal in flavour, and usually the result of years of hard toil.  We asked Michelle how “Without Charity” came to be – and what it means for her. What made you…