Mira Bartók

The Wonderling author on the Arctic Circle and favourite ice cream. Brrrr…

What is your favourite school memory?

I was in kindergarten when the whole school gathered in the auditorium to watch a children’s book author/ illustrator tell a story while drawing amazing pictures on a giant sketchpad on stage. I was absolutely gobsmacked!

Who is your favourite book character?

I think it’s a cross between Piglet and Black Beauty.

How many books do you think you have read in your life?

I can’t even begin to count!

Where have you been on holiday most recently?

I was in Norway for about three weeks back in August. Part of my trip was to a Sami reindeerherding village above the Arctic Circle, where I lived in 1996–97. I was researching my next adventure book series after The Wonderling.

Shhhh... it’s a secret!

Ice cream or crisps?

No contest: ice cream! What flavour? Mint chocolate chip, of course.