Little Bee’s character came on very strong and distinct. And I was… for the first couple of chapters. I mean come on, Library Journal labels it “the next Kite Runner” for goodness sakes! I couldn’t wait to be swept away. Book List starred it, Amazon named it among their “February Best of the Month” picks, O Magazine fondly mentions it. In my teens it was Milan Kundera who made me realise how exciting it would be to write, and Primo Levi who made me realise how important it was, and Tibor Fischer who made me suspect the whole thing would be fun. Is there a particular book or author that inspired you to be a writer?ĭefinitely.
Sally Seton, Clarissa Dalloway's childhood companion, when we were all young. Which fictional character would you most like to have met? As in, "Stop doing the nooba, boo-boo, it's way past your bedtime." I like it because you can only say it with a smile. To "do the nooba" is to muck around when you're supposed to be going to sleep. It's a word peculiar to my family, although I can't remember where it came from or which of my kids coined it. What are your top five books of all time, in order or otherwise? Great Lies to Tell Small Kids by Andy Riley The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis Chris Cleave enjoys dialogue with his readers and invites all comers to introduce themselves on Twitter he can be found at /chriscleave or on his website at
He lives in London with his wife and three children. His second novel, LITTLE BEE, is a New York Times #1 bestseller with over 2 million copies in print. His debut novel, INCENDIARY, won a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award, was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and is now a feature film. He studied experimental psychology at Balliol College, Oxford. Chris Cleave was born in London and spent his early years in Cameroon.
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