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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rob Keeley (view source)
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* '''BB: Which books and writers have influenced you the most?'''
RK: Like every book-reading child of the Eighties, I grew up with wonderful stories by authors such as Margaret Stuart Barry (who wrote the Simon and the Witch books), [[:Category:Jill Murphy|Jill Murphy]] (The Worst Witch – no relation to my reviewer on The Bookbag!), Gillian Cross (The Demon Headmaster) and [[:Category:Roald Dahl|Roald Dahl]]. Plus, I read many of the classic children’s stories, including those by [[:Category:Enid Blyton|Enid Blyton]] and [[:Category:Richmal ComptonCrompton|Richmal Crompton]] – whose William books I think still stand as a model of what good children’s stories should be.
As I grew a little older [[:Category:Michelle Magorian|Michelle Magorian]] and [[:Category:Judith Kerr|Judith Kerr]] joined the reading list, and I was a big fan of Helen Cresswell and her Bagthorpe Saga. There were then quite a number of diverse short story collections for children – more than there seem to be now. These have been the greatest influence on my own short story writing.