Jan Mark
Janet Marjorie Mark (1943-2006) was a British children's author and two time winner of the Carnegie Medal. She also taught art and English in Gravesend, Kent, was part of the faculty of Education at Oxford Polytechnic in the early 1980s and was a tutor and mentor to other writers before her death from meningitis-related septicaemia.
Meet the author:
What is your favourite animal?
The noble rat
What is your favourite boy’s name?
George
What is your favourite girl’s name?
Marjorie
What is your favourite food?
Pickled herring
What is your favourite music?
Klezmer
What is your favourite hobby?
Listening to music
“Inspiration is very nice when you get it. It's like being given a present you weren't expecting. You don't hand the present back and say, 'My birthday's not till November.' You take it and run.”
Jan Mark