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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  15. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  18. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  19. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  20. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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