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Congratulations to Sir William Coles...
How do you feel winning Author of the week?
Deeply, deeply honoured to be up there in the Legend Hall of Fame. Do I get some sort of medal or cup for the week to put up on the mantelpiece?
Describe your book in 10 words?
The book that will make Legend Press - or bankrupt it.
If your novel could have a theme tune what would it be?
Can I have two theme tunes? One for the start and one for the end? Maybe we'd kick off with "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie - a song that will always put me in mind of my publisher; and to finish, well, just for old time's sake let's have Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude 17 ...
Tell us one fact about yourself that we won't believe?
I made an 8,000 mile day-trip from New York to Peru - solely to eat a guinea-pig on the Inca Trail. I hand-picked the creature myself, before he was par-boiled and plucked.
Then they slathered herbs and spices onto his skin; made the tiniest little sausages that you've ever seen from his innards - barely bigger than a twig; and finally spit-roasted him over an open fire. One of the most delicious rodents I've ever tasted.
If you weren't asking you questions right now, what would you be doing?
Writing a feature on pop has-beens; one of them is the New Seekers' Eve Graham, who ended up fitting bras in Debenhams.
Who would play you in a movie of your life?
Alan Ruck, the nerdy kid in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. For years and years, friends used to torment with the fact that - or so they claimed - I was the dead-spit of this guy Alan Ruck, or Cameron as he was called in the Ferris Bueller film.
I'd forgotten all about it. Then ten years ago, I was in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York for a Christmas service. We were all shaking hands with our neighbours - and this absolutely stunning woman flutters her eye-lashes at me and says, "Excuse me, are you Alan Ruck?"
If only I'd had the wit to say, "Yes! Yes I am Alan Ruck!"
Alan was in Spin City for a while - lost his looks unfortunately, and is not nearly the handsome young dog that he used to be ...
F*ck! The guy in Spin City was also the guy in Ferris Bueller (and Legend Press's Bill Coles)! Of course! That's my Fact for the Day sorted - cheers!
Posted by: Nick | 19 May 2008 at 02:37 PM
Congrats Bill. :-) Don't remember the guy in FB Day Off but I'm sure you're better looking.
Posted by: Josie | 19 May 2008 at 04:39 PM