ACHUKA Authorfile #32
Alan Durant
ACHUKA Authorfile #32
Alan Durant
| My
hair colour: |
Dark brown. | |
| My
eye colour: |
You tell me. My wife says they're grey. Probably. | |
| My
star sign: |
Virgo | |
| My
shoe size: |
43 (It was size 8 1/2 before we went metric!) | |
| My
favourite book when child: |
The King of the Castle by Meriol Trevor |
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My favourite fictional character: |
George in Famous Five | |
| Books
that inspired me to become a writer: |
The King of the Castle 'Narnia' series 'Famous Five' books The Catcher in the Rye |
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| My
favourite author: |
Meriol Trevor J D Salinger Graham Greene Ross MacDonald |
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| My
ideal reading position: |
Lying on my back with a cup of coffee at hand | |
| My
usual means of marking a place in a book: |
I don't. I trust to memory (very unreliable!) | |
| My
favourite time of year: |
Christmas (though I love Autumn too in a melancholy way) | |
| My
favourite time of day: |
Night, late | |
| My
best time for working: |
First thing in the morning | |
| The
first piece of work I was paid for was: |
My first novel, Hamlet, Bananas and All That Jazz | |
| My
favourite TV show: |
Munsters (as a child); anything with Reeves and Mortimer (adult) | |
| My
favourite song: |
'Famous Blue Raincoat' by Leonard Cohen |
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| My
favourite actor: |
Woody Allen | |
| The
creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: |
My wife, Jinny | |
| My
favourite sweet food: |
Creme Brulee | |
| My
favourite savory food: |
Vegetable curries | |
| My
typical bedtime is: |
I start to read - I fall asleep | |
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My favourite
year of childhood: |
Last year of primary school, age 11. It was all downhill from there. | |
| My
mousemat design: |
Maisy | |
| The
tidiest place in my home is: |
I wish I could find it. | |
| The
untidiest place in my home is: |
My daughters' bedroom, no question! | |
| The
working tool I would least like to do without: |
My computer - I hate writing by hand. | |