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I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

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I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.

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I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

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Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.

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People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.

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It's a wonderful thing to write for children.

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I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time.

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Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.

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It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

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War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Novelist

Born: April 30th, 1971

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