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I Wish I’d Written: Gwyneth Rees

Gwynneth Rees chooses Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.

I Wish I’d Written: Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman chooses Anna Fienberg’s ‘Tashi’ books.

I Wish I’d Written: Anne Cassidy

Anne Cassidy chooses Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

I Wish I’d Written: Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong on Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog.

I Wish I’d Written: Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke on Clive Barker's Abarat.

I Wish I’d Written: Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess on Barbara Leonie Picard's Tales of the Norse Gods.

I Wish I’d Written: Tony Mitton

Tony Mitton on Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo.

I Wish I’d Written: Theresa Breslin

Theresa Breslin on Sonya Hartnett's Thursday’s Child.

I Wish I’d Written: Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz on Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines

I Wish I’d Written: Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot on Susan Juby's Blame It on the Hobbit.

I Wish I’d Written: Marcia Williams

Marcia Williams on Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.

I Wish I’d Written: Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer on Louis Sachar's Holes.

I Wish I’d Written: Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg on Sara Fanelli's Dear Diary.

I Wish I’d Written: Keith Gray

Keith Gray on Jan Mark’s The Eclipse of the Century.

I Wish I’d Written: David Almond

David Almond on Kevin Henkes's Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.

I Wish I’d Written: Celia Rees

Celia Rees on Susan Price's The Sterkarm Handshake.

I Wish I’d Written: James Riordan

James Riordan on Garth Nix's Sabriel

I Wish I’d Written: Rachel Anderson

Rachel Anderson on Donna Jo Napoli's Stones in Water

I Wish I’d Written: Mike Rosen

Mike Rosen on Benjamin Zephaniah’s Refugee Boy

I Wish I’d Written: Malachy Doyle

Malachy Doyle chooses David Almond's Counting Stars.
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