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|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rob Keeley
|reviewer=NA|MEJill Murphy
|summary=Last year we were delighted by Rob Keeley's [[The Alien in the Garage and Other Stories by Rob Keeley|first collection]] of short stories. This year it was a real pleasure to read [[The (Fairly) Magic Show and Other Stories by Rob Keeley|The (Fairly) Magic Show and Other Stories]]. We had quite a few questions to ask him when he popped into Bookbag Towers.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>ISBN1780883013</amazonuk> |amazonus=<amazonus>ISBNB008XLOI56</amazonus>
|date=2 October 2012
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* '''BB: Which books and writers have influenced you the most?'''
RK: Like every book-reading child of the Eighties, I grew up with wonderful stories by authors such as Margaret Stuart Barry (who wrote the Simon and the Witch books), [[:Category:Jill Murphy|Jill Murphy]] (The Worst Witch – no relation to my reviewer on The Bookbag!), Gillian Cross (The Demon Headmaster) and [[:Category:Roald Dahl|Roald Dahl]]. Plus, I read many of the classic children’s stories, including those by [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] and [[:Category:Richmal ComptonCrompton|Richmal Crompton]] – whose William books I think still stand as a model of what good children’s stories should be.
As I grew a little older [[:Category:Michelle Magorian|Michelle Magorian]] and [[:Category:Judith Kerr|Judith Kerr]] joined the reading list, and I was a big fan of Helen Cresswell and her Bagthorpe Saga. There were then quite a number of diverse short story collections for children – more than there seem to be now. These have been the greatest influence on my own short story writing.
* '''BB: We wish you luck with all that, Rob - and thanks for talking to us.'''
You can read more about Rob Keeley [[:Category:Rob Keeley|here]].
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