You can find the first part of this interview over on Philip's website here:

http://www.philiptolhurst.co.uk/my-story/

Time is running short and there's so much I wish to ask him so I resort to the rapid fire technique.

Sophie: Okay let's try some quick fire questions: When is your birthday and when were you born?

Phil: 4th April 1972


Sophie: What did you want to be when you grew up?

Phil: A nuclear physicist or a rocket scientist.


Sophie: What were your favourite and worst subjects at school?

Phil: Maths was my favourite and French my least favourite sunjects I just didn't like the teacher at all.


Sophie: Where do you write?

Phil:  Anywhere I can but mainly at home on the computer.


Sophie: Do you write out your stories or use a word processor?

Phil: My handwiriting is awful, I blame the fact I'm a lefty, so I type everything I never make written notes.  I use Scrivener for most of my writing.


Sophie: Who is your favourite author?

Phil: My favourite author is Terry Pratchett.


Sophie: What's your favourite book?

Phil: I alternate between; Making money by Terry Pratchett and The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud


Sophie: What is your favourite food?

Phil: Steak and chips with a nice salad.


Sophie: What is your least favourite food?

Phil: Honey; just the smell of it makes me heave.  I get that from my mum apparently.


Sophie: What is your favourite desert?

Phil: Sara Lee's Double Layer Chocolate Gateux is to die for.


Sophie: What is your favourite colour?

Phil: Aubergine; you know a purple so deep it looks almost black.

Sophie: What do you do in your spare time?

Phil: I like to read, cook, go to the theatre, and meet up with friends.


Sophie: What is your favourite film?

Phil: That is such a hard question but I think I'd go with Close encounters of the first kind.


Sophie: What's the first film you saw on your own in the cinema?

Phil:  Tron and it was at the Odeon, Well Hall in South East London.


Sophie: Where is your favourite place for holidays?

Phil: Duinrell in Holland.  It's a great place to take the kids.


Sophie: Okay last one where would you most like to live.

Phil:  On an island near Vancouver or a house like the riverside cabin the move The Bodyguard.

By the time we finish talking my coffee is cold and bid him farewell as I head of to my next appointment.











*Phil:  The London Evening Herald is the fictitious news paper I created for the teaser website for www.GeorgeAndTheDragon.co.uk