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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. Introducing Andy
    01:55
    Introducing Andy
  3. Young Andy
    07:15
    Young Andy
  4. Reading
    06:53
    Reading
  5. Writing stories
    08:20
    Writing stories
  6. Q&A with Andy Stanton
    07:29
    Q&A with Andy Stanton
  7. More Q&A with Andy Stanton
    08:22
    More Q&A with Andy Stanton
  8. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  9. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  10. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  11. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  12. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  14. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  15. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  16. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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