The original version of ‘The White Mountains’ was probably just about worth publishing. – John Christopher
The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it’s something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for. – John Christopher
In the early stages of writing children’s books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys’ books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that. – John Christopher
