Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve
Philip Reeveis a British author and illustrator of children's books. He currently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Sam...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 February 1966
arthur currently david historical lies opera sequels victorian written
I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arthur,' and I'm currently toying with some other historical ideas, as well as working with the illustrator David Wyatt on some sequels to my Victorian space opera 'Larklight.'
age became came children family nose sure surprise writer
I'm sure it came as no surprise to my friends and family when I became an illustrator and then a writer because, from about the age of five, I was one of those children who always had his nose in a book.
age fascinated lasted
I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.
books completed four
I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.
home imagine stay travel
I don't travel much; I just stay at home and imagine weird places.
despite far fascinated future sort victorian
I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the 'Mortal Engines' series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.
cutting animal past
he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America
philosophical night people
Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night.
spring dark sea
It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.
historian engineers
An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!
religious names fever
Fever jumped aside just in time to dodge the shower of urine, and stumbled into the path of a religious procession - celebrants in robes and pointed hats whirling and clapping and chanting the name of some old-world prophet, 'Hari, Hari! Hari Potter!'
simple thinking civilization
That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.
book stuff retro
I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.
stars children war
As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the first Star Wars movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.