Name: Donna Bryant
Date of birth: 8 July, 1955
Place of birth: Dunedin
Now living in: Nelson
- What is your favourite food?
- Peas in the pod and strawberries - equally!
- Do you have a nickname and if so what is it?
- No - but my son Edward calls me 'Mumma'.
- What was your most embarrassing moment?
- I’m never embarrassed.
- How do you relax?
- Read, garden, swim and play with Edward (5).
- Who inspired you when you were little?
- My parents.
- What were you like at school?
- Very talkative when young, quite studious when older but always enjoyed myself and school.
- What was your favourite/most hated subject at school?
- Favourites: English and Art - and Latin. Liked all subjects but wasn’t great at Physics.
- What was the book you most loved as a child?
- Helen Keller - a biography (don’t recall the author).
Eloise : the little girl who lived at the plaza, by Kay Thompson. (Published 1955, Simon and Schuster). - Which person from the past would you most like to meet?
- My father who died in 1997.
- Who is your favourite author/children’s author?
- Favourite author: many - Charles Dickens, J. P. Donleavy…
Favourite children’s author: Quentin Blake, David McKee. - Why did you want to be a writer?
- Always knew I would be - love words, stories, reading, communicating with others. I enjoy working alone (and with others when I’m writing for television).
- Do you have a special place where you write your books?
- Yes. It’s a blue office upstairs in my house. It has bookcases and two desks. I write and draw at one and the other has my blue I-Mac computer.
- What’s the best thing and worst thing about being a writer?
- Best: Writing. Meeting deadlines.
Worst: There are no 'worst things' other than late payments for work done. 
If you weren’t a writer, what would you like to be?- Designer or painter.
- What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
- Write every day. Keep notebooks and journals for 'ideas'. Read everything you can. Don’t give up. If you believe you’ll be successful you will be. Always meet your deadlines.
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