Seasick," Scatty mumbled. "That's exactly what it feels like. Only worse.

First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.

I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel.

The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

You need to play to win. But you also need to win ... to play.