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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  12. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  13. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  18. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  19. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  20. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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