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Paul Stewart was born in 1955 in London. He is a graduate of Lancaster University and of the University of East Anglia's creative writing course. For several years he taught English as a foreign language in Sri Lanka. Returning to England, he continued teaching before becoming a full-time writer.
Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the Far-Flung Adventures series, which includes Fergus Crane (Gold Smarties Prize Winner), Corby Flood and Hugo Pepper, both Silver Nestle Prize Winners.
They are of course also co-creators of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which has sold over two million books and is now available in over thirty languages.
Paul lives in Brighton with his wife and children.
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What was your inspiration for The Edge Chronicles?
Paul: The Edge Chronicles started off with
the map. Chris drew it and gave it to me saying, 'here
is the world, tell me what happens there.'
Chris: I drew a map that looked like the edge of
a map because I've always been fascinated by the edges
of maps - the place where the known world ends.
Paul: My main inspiration for the Deepwoods was
perhaps the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, though
other books–Alice in Wonderland and Through
the Looking Glass, Gormenghast, Gulliver's
Travels– also played their part.
What was your favorite character(s) to create?
Chris: My favorite character is the spindlebug. It
was easy for Paul to write that it was see-through, like
glass, but a challenge for an illustrator to draw. The
creatures live an immense amount of time–up to four
centuries –which means that they witness a lot more
history of the Edge than other characters.
Paul: My favorite characters are the banderbears.
Chris drew them first as fierce, pyramid-like bear
creatures. Because they ...
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