Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 November 1959
CountryIreland
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.
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.
america huge librarians tend though
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.
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.
children explore moment moving power receptive stories teens
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.
among poems poetry published slim volume written
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.
bothered english good liked mad music
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.
awful telling
I always had an awful lot going on in my head, always telling myself stories, very vivid imagination.
dad
I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he did.
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.
common individual involves stay thread
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.
mythology
Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings.