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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. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  12. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  15. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  16. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  19. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  20. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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