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10 Things - Intro

What’s your name?

Hazel Halliday. Bit of a mouthful! Parents usually avoid giving their children a first name that starts with the first letter of their surname, but then I went and married a man! The joke is that the same thing happened to my sister and her initials are now LL. Throughout my life, people have mistakenly called me Heather – so what? - they’re both shrubs!

Where are you from?

Born in Potters Bar, so have only moved a few miles north to Welwyn via Welwyn Garden City.

Why do you write/want to write?

I haven’t written in many, many years and I rarely sit down with a book. I always thought I’d study English and be a teacher – but then my sister did that. So, instead, I went down the secretarial route. I’m a great organiser and writer of lists. I love acting with local drama groups, but, now at 68, the parts are harder to come by, so maybe it’s time to write for others. I have no idea what . . .

What’s your favourite story?

That’s going to need a lot more thought than I have right now. I like fantasy. Love dragons – Anne McCaffrey, for example. Philip Pullman. Tolkien. I’m really looking forward to seeing the film of The Faraway Tree which I loved as a child. But a little nervous that I will hate what they do with it. I loved Small Prophets and binge watched the whole thing over two evenings. I’ve also just finished rewatching Dickensian.