Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black

Black and DiTerlizzi both credited English literature for most of their inspiration, and Black noted that no one knew faeries like the English. DiTerlizzi said he had just been around the corner to Chris Beetles to buy an original painting by his hero, Arthur Rackham, and a first edition of Peter Pan. Laughing, he said, "That's how the pay cheque goes in one way and straight out the other".

Black mentioned, while signing books, that while they had enjoyed the trip, it was the longest DiTerlizzi had been away from his new baby and he was keen to return. Black will continue her part of the tour, going next to the Eastercon science fiction convention.

Article and photographs by by Sarah McIntyre

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