I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

I write my music.

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to do it in an exciting way so that I could reach more readers. Zombies seemed like a good way to do that.

I write music with an exclamation point!