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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  15. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  16. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  17. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  18. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  19. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  20. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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