Yes, I always imagined living in other places.

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.

Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it.

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

Every German child learns to speak English in school.

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.

I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things.

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog.

I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside.

I love to read aloud.

I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.