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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  13. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  14. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  17. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  18. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  19. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  20. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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