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Posted by Melanie di Angelo

February 17th 2010

I just wanted to thank you for your writing. You are an amazing person and you have really inspired me to become a writer. Your books have given me everything that I think that a book should, and that they have given me more than I expected, and made me think more than I thought any book could. Your books have really changed my life. Thank you.

William Nicholson responded:

That's a wonderful tribute, and very much appreciated. When you too are a published writer, I'm sure you'll receive a similar endorsement from a young reader. And so the spirit moves on, down the generations.

Posted by Tess Lewis

February 17th 2010

Dear Mr.Nicholson, I am in 6th grade and I am a huge fan of your Noble Warriors. I was wondering if there will be any more books in that series. Thank You!

William Nicholson responded:

No, I don't think so. But I am keeping writing. My new book is a contemporary story, Rich and Mad. It's very different to the Noble Warriors, but you might still like it. It has some very emotional stuff in it, like all my work. And I'm at work on a new semi-fantasy series for the future.

Posted by Daniel Angeles

February 16th 2010

Dear Mr. Nicholson. I'm a Junior at NYU in a producing for Film class. Our final project is to pitch a feature film of any kind. As a huge fan of anything I've seen of yours, naturally I am pitching an adaption of a novel. I know you've talked about the possibility of The Wind on Fire being made into movies. What do you think it would take for you to be okay with this happening. Also, would you prefer to adapt your own novel into a screen play?

William Nicholson responded:

I'd love to see the Wind on Fire as movies, though I'm aware they'd be expensive to make. For me it's all down to the track record of the proposed film makers, should there ever be any. I'd rather have no films than poor films. I could do the screenplay myself or play an exec producer role while someone else adapts; all depends on the producing team.

Posted by David Mytton

February 16th 2010

I recently purchased a Kindle e-book reader from Amazon and was disappointed to see that the Wind on Fire trilogy titles were unavailable on it. I have read the paper copies years ago but would like to re-read on the Kindle. Do you have any plans to make them available for that platform?

William Nicholson responded:

This is determined by the publisher, and I don't know the answer. I'll look into it.

Posted by Nicolette

February 15th 2010

I wonder if your readers on this website might care to know about your upcoming event at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival in Christ Church College on Tuesday 28 March at 6pm, discussing Rich and Mad with psychiatrist Gerry Byrne? They can see full details, and book, on www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com. Looking forward to it myself!

William Nicholson responded:

We're going to be talking about whether teen fiction should reflect the actual sex lives of teens, and just how explicit authors should be. If any of you reading this have ideas on the subject, come along and tell us.

Posted by Veronika

February 11th 2010

Hi, Mr. Nicholson, I'm a huge fan of your work, especially the trilogy of the wind on fire, and I want to be a writer, but I sometimes feel that everithing that I try to write it's already done :s Do you think thats normal? or it's just that I'm not writter material? And besides I really want to now how do you get inspired with the idea of the wind on fire and your other novels...Forgive my english :p I don't practice it too much, greetings from Venezuela!

William Nicholson responded:

You'll know if you're 'writer material' or not because if you are, you'll keep on trying to write. Don't worry that everything's been done. You're right, everything has been done. But each time a new writer does it, it comes out differently. Your way of telling a familiar story will be special to you. So start with whatever really matters to you, whatever really excites you, and see if you can build a story out of it. Ideas comes by making a net and then seeing what flies into it. But there has to be a net. That net is the broad outline of something, anything - an event, a character, a theme, a joke - that interests you. Hold it up in the air and all sorts of strange little bugs will get caught in it. Also some big monsters.