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K. M. Grant |
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K. M. Grant was born into a large Lancashire family that often found itself caught up in historical events – usually on the losing side. Stories of high adventure, most of them true, were part of everyday life. Married, with teenage children, the author now lives in Scotland and works as a writer and broadcaster.
Place and date of birthday:
At home, in Cliviger, just outside Burnley, Lancashire, on 6th October 1958
My favourite book:
Hmmm, tricky. Different books for different moods. Perhaps The Black Riders by Violet Needham. That's my comfort book - that or the My Friend Flicka trilogy.
My favourite song?
Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe (check out fabulous video on YouTube)
My favourite film?
Oh dear, I love so many. Moulin Rouge for oddness, Being Julia for fun, The Age of Innocence for beauty, Pretty Woman for feel good, anything with Julie Christie, Breaking the Waves for being wrung out
Most treasured possession?
A drawing of Miss Muffet, the inspiration for Hosanna in the de Granville Trilogy, by artist Bridget Tempest
When did I start writing?
I started writing seriously as a journalist in 1997, and as an author in 2002
Ideas and inspiration come from everywhere:
My odd family, other people (I'm a terrible ear-wigger), old buildings, pictures, idle gossip
Three tips for becoming a successful author?
Read, look, listen
Favourite place in the world:
The top of the Cliviger Gorge in Lancashire, beside my mother's memorial stone. Why? It's wild, wet and windy and I pretend to be one of the Bronte sisters, the one they never discovered.
Hobbies?
Playing the piano, learning Russian, dreaming
What would I have been, if not an author?
A catastrophe or perhaps a better mother
