![]() ![]() ![]() She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. Andrew's University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home."Īfter reading Botany and Zoology at St. Hilary says of herself as a child "I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. ![]()
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