Featured Interview With Bethany Bull
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
We take a look at this emerging author, whose Children’s Books are now finding the limelight…
Like all overnight successes, Bethany Bull has worked hard to earn the plaudits that now surround her name.
With three books already on Amazon, a publisher at Wollywagon – and a fourth book about to be launched – Bethany has already given thousands of children a first glimpse of love of stories – not just a love of reading per se. it is this capturing of imagination, that is probably the unique aspect that children love, and who buy her books in their thousands. It is probably because the stories themselves, of animals that talk, or danger, of horror – but in a way that children can handle – treat children as equal partners, and the graphics are fanciful and inspirational.
Bethany herself was born and raised in South Africa. Her family did not have television until 1976, so her imagination was her main …source of entertainment. She had a love of animals and magical creatures and a vast country with big open spaces where she imagined they lived. She would make up stories for her siblings in the evenings.
This is the pedigree that Bethany brings to her market, and what she says about her work, displays an understanding of the minds of children that have no limits:
“They have no doubt an ant can talk. Their imaginations are free to believe.”
We interviewed Bethany at our offices, and her modest way of describing herself overlays a real passion for communicating with her market. She lives modestly in the West of Cornwall, and there is this “back to nature” understanding that resonates throughout her work.
Bethany will be at the London Book Fair, at the Greene Media stand and is available for meetings, which will be held though the auspices of her publisher, Robin Wolstenholm at WollyWagon. Contact; bethanybrooks75@hotmail.com. Her books can be ordered direct – or through amazon.com.
Advance copies of her new book – can be ordered direct to Bethany and her publisher, prior to general release. Educational discounts are available for recognised schools.
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Bethany has a small Maltese x bichon Frieze poodle who’s name is Ben, he is so well loved that it shows in his personality! He has no fear and is cheeky even when faced with a glaring Rottweiler!!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have loved reading from an early age, starting with the Nancy Drew and Twenty thousand Leagues under the Sea. ~In my teens and right through until today, I enjoy murder mystery and forensics. I started writing in junior school and won many prizes.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favourite authors are Tess Gerritsen, Tami Hoag, James Patterson, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and I love murder forensics and crime. I think Dean Koontz has inspired me for his way of using descriptive words in writing. When I read something from him I can actually picture in my head what he is describing!!
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I have not got a title for my fourth Chapter book yet. It runs along the same vein as the other three chapter books, about animals and of course with a life lesson, all properly researched so that it teaches at the same time. I have already started book five and hope to come up with a name soon…
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