Complete this sentence: My life outside of writing is.īusy! I still do as much casual teaching as I have time for – partly because I just love doing it, but also because it’s a great way to keep my head in the real world.

(Apparently, I have a thing for double first initials…) The Narnia books are classics, obviously, but my all-time favourite of his is a novella called The Great Divorce.Ħ. Rowling has been in shaping the next generation of writers.Ĭ.S. I think the next 10-15 years are going to prove just how influential J.K. Kids turning into animals to fight aliens – what more could an 11-year-old boy ask for?Īt high school and uni, it was Harry Potter. In primary school, I became completely obsessed with K.A. Who are your favourite authors and which novels are your all-time favourites? Two years and twelve Zac Power books later, I’m in the amazing position of writing my own books under my own name.ĥ. I sent it off to HGE, not really expecting anything to come of it.Ī week later they were calling me up to offer me a contract for the book, and to ask when I could have another one ready. I spent the next week reading up on the series, and then had a crack at drafting a manuscript. and then stay there until I retired.īut then one day, I was chatting about writing with a friend at church, and she told me that Hardie Grant Egmont were looking for new writers for this series called Zac Power. My original plan was to finish my teaching degree, find a kindergarten classroom in a nice school somewhere. I’m still reeling from the high-speed ridiculousness of my getting-published story.īeing a writer had always seemed like a great idea, but I never thought I’d actually get to do it. Have you always wanted to write for young people? Or did you set out to become a brain surgeon and wind up stumbling down this path? Was the road to publication rocky for you? Complete this sentence: My teenage years were.Ĥ. What three words would you use to describe yourself? And what three words would you use to describe your writing? Not that my writing won’t venture into dark places, but abject tragedy isn’t really my thing…Ģ. I believe that the universe is ultimately a place of hope and redemption, so anything I write is going to be a reflection of that worldview. FlashForward, haircuts and lawn bowls).Ī whole bunch of things: books I’ve read, people I’ve met, being a student, being a teacher… I think everything in my life feeds into my writing in some way or other. Chris Morphew blogs on his website about funny stuff ( Lost vs. Chris Morphew is the author of awesome action/adventure novel The Phoenix Files: Arrival which is the first book in what will hopefully be a really great series (the second book, Contact, is being released in January of next year).

Arrival by Chris Morphew