Featured Interview With Werner Stejskal
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born in Vienna, Austria, I am now living in the paradise of Perth, Australia with my wife, two married children and three grandchildren. I worked many years in the printing industry and later for the United Nations in Vienna. After an eventful life, now retired, I began to write children’s stories, had them illustrated through Upwork.com and finally published the ebooks on most platforms. My dream is to see “Oliver and Jumpy” animated as a TV series. I have written 62 stories in 20 ebooks and 10 paperbacks.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I read as soon as I could with about seven years of age. I finished all books for my age within a year and never stopped reading. I have always written little stories, but only started in earnest three years ago after retiring.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Currently I love Nora Roberts. I read romances, crime stories, thrillers – most everything! Walt Disney inspired my series. I always loved the illustrations and decided to adopt this style for my series.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
There are lots of fairy tales and bedtime stories around and many of them quite violent. This made me decide to write something different. On a flight from Europe to Australia I watched the movie Magic on Belle Island with Morgan Freeman, where Freeman teaches a little girl to have imagination and write her first story. This inspired me as well and the first stories with the two characters Oliver, the elegant tomcat, and Jumpy, his kangaroo lady friend, made their appearance. Some very capable illustrators have helped to create this picture book series. It took three years to finalize the series to this stage.
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