I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.