The cover was evocatively spooky, the blurb tasty, and as I ever judged books by their covers and blurbs at that age–I was willing to give it a go.įrom the first sardonic, intriguing sentences, I was hooked: The Garners I’d wanted were out but browsing idly on the same shelf, I came across a title that looked good. It was a Friday afternoon, I was about twelve or thirteen, and I was looking for something juicy to read at the local library for the weekend. I remember the first time I met Leon Garfield’s work. The first of these I’m republishing, is on Leon Garfield and first appeared in Magpies Magazine some years ago.
These articles have been first published in a number of different places. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be republishing on my blog a number of articles I’ve written over the years, about writers, especially writers for young people, whose work I’ve loved and been inspired by, both as a child and into adulthood.
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