Interviews

  • Margaret Mahy Interview 1994

    By Judith | May 1, 1994

    This interview with Margaret Mahy took place in 1994 when she was in Australia for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Conference. This is the full transcript; an edited version was published in Viewpoint: On Books for Young Adults. ___________________ In your teenage novels, there are the ones with a heavy supernatural element, and the…

  • Jonathan Harlen Interview

    By Judith | June 1, 1993

    This interview was first published in Viewpoint: On Books for Young Adults Volume 1 Number 2 (Winter 1993) “I carry a gun,” Juan said, “so that when I talk, people will listen. So that when I want something done, people will do it. Never again will I be treated like dirt, like sucios. If I…

  • Diana Wynne Jones Interview

    By Judith | August 26, 1992

    This is the full transcript of the interview I did with Diana Wynne Jones at the Wharf Theatre Restaurant in Sydney on Wednesday August 26 1992. At the time, I was working on a Master’s thesis on Diana’s books; I didn’t end up finishing the thesis, but I have left in some references to it…