the house with chicken legs sophie anderson

She has helped me improve my writing more than I dreamed possible, and without her I wouldn’t be published! On a professional level, my agent Gemma Cooper. We’ve been together over twenty years and had four children together. Who would you say has changed your life the most and why? Marinka also wishes that someone would drop down from the sky and change her life. I think we have the power to create and shape our own destinies. Do you believe in destiny? Do you think it is your destiny to write books for children? Marika wrestles with the idea of destiny and the notion that she is destined to be a Yaga and live a lonely life, guiding the dead. It just felt right! I guess it helped me understand and express Marinka’s thoughts and feelings. Why did you decide to narrate it in this way? The story is written in the present tense. What would you say the main themes in The House with Chicken Legs are? The House with Chicken Legs is about twelve-year-old Marinka, who wants to escape a lonely destiny as Guardian of The Gate between this world and the next. Can you tell us a bit more about The House with Chicken Legs? Front cover illustration by Melissa Castrillon. Here she talks about Slavic fairytales, Russian food and her new book The Girl Who Speaks Bear… Sophie Anderson is the best-selling and much-loved author of The House with Chicken Legs, which has just been longlisted for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals.

The house with chicken legs sophie anderson