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Robin Stevens:
Hi Robin! I'd like to ask, how did you get the idea of making such wonderful and sometimes metaphorical titles? I really like the idea and when I write my own stories at school or at home, I never know what to name them! Your titles, just like your books, are so inspiring and seem very thought through so I'd like a bit of advice. Also, thank you so much for bringing these brilliant mysteries into a bookworm's life! :)
Robin Stevens
Thank you so much, Virginia! I find titles very hard - sometimes it takes us six months to come up with a good one. We write down hundreds of possibilities, and work on them for a long time. But you never know when a good idea will happen - A Spoonful of Murder's title I had in a dream! I woke up and wrote it down and it was perfect!
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Heather
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Robin Stevens:
I met you at yesterday's book launch - the grown up who has never grown out of children's books but sadly failed to ask you if you have read EBD's Chalet School (my introduction to school stories)? I had intended to ask which children's books have influenced you most. Thanks
Svastika
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Robin Stevens:
Hi! I really like all your books, especially as you write them from a diary, but I just wanted to ask you, have you ever thought of writing a book from the murderer's point of view? About how they did it, what did they have to plan, how they evaded the police and any other detectives. The grand reveal at the end might be spoiled a bit, but it could still be interesting. :D
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