ACHUKA Authorfile #31
Pete Johnson
ACHUKA Authorfile #31
Pete Johnson
| My
hair colour: |
Dark brown. | |
| My
eye colour: |
Blue. | |
| My
shoe size: |
Eleven. | |
| My
favourite book when child: |
101 Dalmatians by Dodie SMith. Friends would say, 'You're not reading it again, are you!' | |
| My
favourite fictional character: |
Just William. I thought he had some brilliant ideas, like pensions for boys. | |
| Books
that inspired me to become a writer: |
101 Dalmatians (he author, Dodie Smith, was the first person to encourage me to become a writer); Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger (the author seemed to be speaking directly to me). | |
| My
favourite author: |
Raymond Chandler - If ever I'm feeling dull or stupid, I just read a few pages of his prose: the most stylish and economic writer ever. | |
| My
ideal reading position: |
Reclining in bed. | |
| My
usual means of marking a place in a book: |
Bookmark. | |
| My
favourite time of year: |
Spring. | |
| My
favourite time of day: |
Early evening. | |
| My
best time for working: |
Definitely the morning. I aim to start writing by about half past seven. | |
| The
first piece of work I was paid for was: |
A piece about going to the cinema. I was eleven. | |
| My
favourite TV show: |
Fawlty Towers - the most brilliant comedy ever written. | |
| My
favourite song: |
This varies almost from hour to hour. I haven't got one all-time favourite. | |
| My
favourite actor: |
Cary Grant (all-time) and Kevin Spacey (contemporary). My favourite actress is Ingrid Bergman. | |
| The
creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: |
My video - I use it every single day. | |
| My
favourite sweet food: |
Chocolate, especially Easter eggs (their chocolate is uniquely delicious). | |
| My
favourite savory food: |
Flaky mushroom rollo, best served with herb sauce. | |
| My
typical bedtime is: |
About eleven o' clock. There is no point in me going to bed any earlier; my body isn't programmed to sleep before then. When I'm not working I love to stay up much later! | |
| My
favourite year of childhood: |
8-11. I changed schools and moved to a super school in a village. I could come home for lunch every day, all my friends lived nearby and the sun seemed to shine practically all the time. Moving to a secondary school was especially grim afterwards. | |
| My
mousemat design: |
Star Wars. | |
| The
tidiest place in my home is: |
The guest room. | |
| The
untidiest place in my home is: |
Everywhere else, especially the room I'm working in. I just moult papers all over the place. | |
| The
working tool I would least like to do without: |
Pen and pencil. | |