Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 November 1959
CountryIreland
love
You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I just don't have one any more.
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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
hard took
I found it really hard for a couple of years to do any writing because all I wanted to do was play the fiddle. From the minute I took it up, I just couldn't put it down.
hours lots question work
I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
books knew written
There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
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My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of poetry.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
difficult dreaming time work
If I have one thing on in a week, I find it very difficult to get back to work that week. I need a lot of dreaming time.
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I wasn't that bothered with school; I was too mad into horses. But I liked reading and was good enough at English and always liked music.
civil gave
I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
joined met north
I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.