There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.

I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.

I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength.

Dee's search for knowledge was always his greatest strength... and his weakness.