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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. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  17. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  18. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  19. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  20. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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