Interview
with
G.P. Taylor

BOOKTHINK: G.P., where are you from?

TAYLOR: I am a bit of a sojourner really - I have lived in many places. I would always say I am a Yorkshire man with a good dose of Irish blood and English heart.

BOOKTHINK: Tell us your latest news?

TAYLOR: The latest news is that everyone keeps saying Mariah Mundi is a natural successor to Harry Potter, which is amazing. So far all the children who have read it have thought it is great, and buddyhollywood.com is really behind the book. The BBC said it was the book that would "keep the cash tills ringing after Harry Potter." So I am so excited that Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box has just been released.

BOOKTHINK: When did you begin writing?

TAYLOR: I started to write in 2003 so, I haven't been doing it for very long.

BOOKTHINK: When did you first consider yourself a writer?

TAYLOR: I still don't - I would regard myself as a story teller, which I feel is more important. Writers remind me of stuffy old women that smell of carbolic.

BOOKTHINK: What inspired you to write your first book?

TAYLOR: Philip Pullman. He wrote something I totally disagreed with, and I felt he needed a rebuttal - so thanks, Philip!

BOOKTHINK: Who or what has influenced your writing?

TAYLOR: Movies ... my writing is influenced by films and read as if you are watching a movie - that's how I see them when I write them.

BOOKTHINK: How do you come up with a title for a book?

TAYLOR: It's the thing that always comes first - sadly, my American publisher always changes the titles and I haven't liked a single one yet.

BOOKTHINK: What books have influenced your life most?

TAYLOR: Lord of the Flies and 1984. I read them when I was quite young, and they had a major effect on my thoughts ever since. I don't like rats.