about me

I'm 6 years old and I live in rural England with my Mum, Dad, younger sister Becca and a lunatic beagle called Jake.

Someone once said that I was very advanced for my ears.

Naturally, I had misheard them but for quite some time, I had concerns that my ears were holding me back and preventing me from realising my full potential.

I would catch glimpses of my reflection in shop windows and wish I had different ears and wondered why they couldn’t be more like my other features, such as my nose, eyes or mouth.

My little sister Becca didn’t help my paranoia.

No one had ever accused Becca of being very advanced for her ears. In fact, quite the opposite. People often commented how her ears should really be pinned back before they caused a serious accident. That was shortly after one ear had carelessly flopped into the road resulting in a 20 mile tail back and planes having to be re-routed to Paris.

In church, her ears were greeted with awe and wonderment as the congregation exclaimed “Jesus! Look at the size of those!”

Anyway, I digress, I would ideally like to give up school, move to Provence on the proceeds of my books and play with lego all day.

My other works include:

Graffiti on the bathroom wall
Numerous abstract paintings
An installation art piece entitled ‘Messy Bed & Clothes on Floor’

Admittedly, I can’t take all the plaudits for my book myself. Some credit must go to my Dad who helped quite a bit but only with the typing, editing, story lines and humour.

Everything else was me. Well, Becca helped too.

My Dad is called Neil.

Life in the Corner has had two entries previously published by HarperCollins in March 2008 as part of their Go Create Non-fiction and Media Pack, a teaching resource for Key Stage Three English (11-14). The entries were considered as good examples to illustrate the idea of creating a persona in a blog.

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