Grace K. asked M. Jonathan Jones:

What was your first book and when did you know you wanted to become an author?

M. Jonathan Jones The first book I ever owned? There were lots of kiddy-style books when I was very young - Ladybird and Mr Men spring to mind - but we always had books in the house. I remember leafing through a lot of them when I was way too young to make anything of them, but they fascinated me. The first book I can really remember reading with a sense of wonder was The Hobbit. I was maybe 6 or 7, and had already seen it read on TV (Jackanory). My nan took me shopping soon after and I bought a copy (or she did). I still have that battered, creased, somewhat ink-stained copy.
When I was 4 I told my mum that I was going to be a scientist and an author. It's taken me a while...

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