ACHUKA Authorfile #41
Shirley Hughes
ACHUKA Authorfile #41
Shirley Hughes
| My
hair colour: |
Pale brown with mixed grey | |
 My
eye colour: |
Grey | |
| My
shoe size: |
7 and a half | |
| My
star sign: |
Cancer | |
| My
favourite book when child: |
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame | |
|
Books that inspired me to become a writer: |
The 'Little Tim' books by Edward Ardizzone | |
| My
favourite fictional character: |
Pip's loyal and optimistic friend, Herbert, in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | |
| My
favourite author: |
Charles Dickens | |
| My
ideal reading position: |
In bed, with a good light | |
| My
usual means of marking a place in a book: |
A picture postcard from a friend | |
| My
favourite time of year: |
September | |
| My
favourite time of day: |
9.30am, entering my workroom | |
| My
best time for working: |
Mornings | |
| The
first piece of work I was paid for was: |
A poem illustration for Collins' Children's Magazine | |
| My
favourite TV show: |
Simon Schama's 'History of Britain' |
|
| My
favourite song: |
The Countess's sad song from Mozart's opera 'The Marriage of Figaro' | |
| The
creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: |
My hot water bottle | |
|
My
favourite sweet food: |
Chocolate | |
|
My
favourite savory food: |
Smoked Salmon and thin brown bread & butter | |
|
My
typical bedtime is: |
About 10.30pm (I read in bed) | |
|
My
favourite year of childhood: |
Nine | |
|
The
tidiest place in my home is: |
My work table | |
|
The
untidiest place in my home is: |
Various cupboards full of old clothes etc. | |
|
The
working tool I would least like to do without: |
My brushes and pens | |