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My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.