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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  13. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  19. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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