I nurtured my writing by reading everything I could about the craft, selling a few more articles and eventually attending workshops with Australian writing legend John Marsden (the Tomorrow, When the War Began series). It was almost eight years later when I got an idea together for him and he was good to his word and paid me for the article I wrote about growing food in our suburban front yard. A magazine editor picked us up after dark and as a passing gesture suggested that I should write something for his organic gardening publication. The seed to write for a job was sown while I was hitch hiking with a friend. I wrote bad poems and worse short stories. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? How did you nurture that dream? I still wish I had a pet falcon and I haven't stopped reading since.ģ. I did that every summer and the book seemed real to me. It was My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, about a kid who runs away from home and subsists in the wilderness.
I didn't read a novel of my own volition until I was seventeen. I loved Tintin by Hergé and Asterix and Obelix by Goscinny and Uderzo. Who were some of your favorite authors or books in your youth? I think if I wasn't writing I'd be self-employed in construction.Ģ. I love building things, gardens, houses, musical instruments and the like. If you had not become a writer what do you think you would be doing for a living?
Scot took some time to answer questions for the readers here at Book Reviews and More, so without further ado Scot in his own words.ġ. The Dead I Know is his first book to be released in Canada, and having read it in one sitting I can only hope we see many more of his books here soon. He divides his time between writing and speaking to children and youth about writing and giving workshops. Scot lives in Australia, is the father of three children, owner of two dogs and plays the didjeridu. Scot Gardner is an author of over a dozen books mostly for young adults and youth but who has garnered a wider following. The Dead I Know by Scot Gardner Blog Tour 2012
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