For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."

We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises.

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!