I don’t think 5 year old me had an answer

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I was an imaginative child. The one on the playground coming up with all the fantastical games for everyone to play. I know most of them were about hidden identities, and heroes.

I was already a storyteller at this age. Not just the games. I would also create stories for my younger brother, to entertain him as we travelled to and from school.

But I don’t think five-year-old me could have told you what they wanted to be when they grew up. They were much more focused on the here and now. It was seven when I first knew I wanted to be an author. Or at least, that’s what I remember about that.