{"id":132290,"date":"2020-10-21T10:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=132290"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:41:16","slug":"read-a-qa-with-andy-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2020\/10\/21\/read-a-qa-with-andy-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"Read a Q&A with Andy Griffiths!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Andy<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Andy Griffiths is one of Australia\u2019s most popular children\u2019s authors. He and illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more than 33 bestselling books since their first title, Just Tricking, was published in 1997. In Australia, Andy and Terry\u2019s books have sold over 10 million copies, won 80 children\u2019s choice awards and 10 Australian Book Industry Awards\u2014including Book of the Year for The 52-Storey Treehouse in 2015. Their much-loved Treehouse Series has been embraced by children around the world and is now published in more than 35 countries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Andy Griffiths is on the blog to answer a few of our questions about the latest Treehouse instalment – The 130-Storey Treehouse<\/a><\/strong>! Read on … <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Andy<\/a>

Andy Griffiths<\/p><\/div>\n

Tell us about your book, The 130-Storey Treehouse<\/em>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

AG:<\/strong> it\u2019s an intergalactic adventure in which Terry, Jill, myself AND the treehouse are abducted by a giant flying eyeball and taken to its home planet of Eyeballia where we are forced to fight in an intergalactic death battle against 12 deadly aliens from all corners of the universe. Just another day in the treehouse, really \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

This is the tenth book in the Treehouse series. How do you find the inspiration for each crazy new level?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AG:<\/strong> The UK publishers have come up with the phrase, \u2018No rules, no adults and no limits!\u2019 to describe the series and I think it captures the freewheeling fun of the books as well as the challenge. In a world where literally ANYTHING is possible, what\u2019s the most ridiculously impossible thing we can think of? It\u2019s a wonderful, endlessly involving challenge. And, of course, our readers are out there waiting for the next instalment\u2014that\u2019s a huge motivation right there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you tell us a little bit about how you work with Terry Denton, who illustrates the books?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AG:<\/strong> It\u2019s a messy back and forth process that takes place over a entire year with Jill as both editor and co-writer overseeing everything. It begins with me pitching a few broad ideas, Terry supplies some rough sketches which inspire new ideas which inspire new sketches. We go over and over and over the books blending the words and illustrations until they are as perfect as we can get them. The books continue developing right up to the point where we have to send them to the printer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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