Naurarwen asked C.S. Woolley:

What inspired you to write your new series The Children of Ribe?

C.S. Woolley I studied the languages of Old Norse and Old Icelandic at university along with Middle English and Old English, and there is something about the Vikings that has always appealed to me. I come from Norman Viking stock on both sides of my family so have always identified with the Viking way of life. I have spent a long time writing books for adults in worlds that I create and make the rules in and wanted to do something a little more structured, something that would help children to find a sense of adventure whilst learning something about the Vikings in a fun way and also creating something that would be easier to read for kids with dyslexia. I have dyslexia, but still always loved to read, but I know this isn't the case for all kids. There are so many that miss out on reading because of it, so I chose a font that was a lot easier to read for the text inside the paperbacks and spaced it a bit more too. These books have been so much fun to craft that I hope people enjoy reading them as much as I love writing them (they are also the only books I've written that my mother likes, so feel they are my best books yet)

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