Meet the author: Tim Minchin
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Tim Minchin, the award-winning musician-comedian, Matilda The Musical lyricist and father of two tells all about his new children’s book and his own writing heroes
Who came up with the idea to put the lyrics of When I Grow Up to a picture book"
It?s one of those things where I, admittedly, haven?t had to do very much! When the publishers approached me and asked if we should see if there was anyone who was interested in illustrating the lyrics, I thought it was great. Scholastic showed me Steve Antony?s work and it just seemed perfect. He?s a talented guy.
Are your children, Violet and Caspar, fans of the song"Â
Caspar [now eight] was my deadline for Matilda, so he was born around the time I was writing those lyrics. I can?t remember what Violet thought of the song when she first heard it ? she would have been just two at the time ? but I?ve shown them the book and they think it?s cool. I really should talk to Violet more about my work ? she?s 10 now? Steve Antony’s illustrations from the book
What did you read when you were growing up"Â
I was a massive Roald Dahl fan. In terms of picture books, the ones that come to mind are the Thomas books by Gunilla Wolde. Oh, and Miffy. Weirdly, my relationship with illustrated books came back round when I went to university with [Australian illustrator] Shaun Tan. Years later he contacted me and asked if I wanted to voice this animated short [film] that he had writt...
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