In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you can get a huge amount done by 11 and have the rest of the day off if you want to, though I have to check my accumulating e-mails. No one ever sends me horrible e-mails. Although some of my books are supposed to be hated, no one ever tells me.

For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. Melvin Burgess (born 25 April 1954 in Brighton Sussex South England) is a British author of children's fiction. In the U.

Burgess again courted predictable controversy in 2003 with the publication of Doing It which dealt with underage sex. At least in Britain Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. It was highly commended by the librarians for the Carnegie Medal which Gillian Cross won for Wolf.