When we found out that 83.3% of Five Dock students LOVE Graphic Novels We decided to interview Remy Lai. Remy is an author and illustrator. She has written 12 awesome books that will keep you reading, from children’s books to horror to funny comics.
Here are some of the highlights from our interview:
What made you want to make books?
“Well, I’ve always loved writing and drawing since I was very young, but I didn’t know that I wanted to become an author until I was in university. Then when I was in school, I didn’t have authors come to my school or anything like that, so I didn’t think it was an actual job. So I was only in university. Then I thought about, okay, what do I want to do as a job? It would be nice if I could do something that I like. And so that’s when I started thinking seriously about becoming an author.”
What’s your favorite part about writing books?
“In general I love writing because I can use my imagination, but if you’re talking about kids’ books specifically, I guess kids and adults sometimes have a different sense of humor, and so it’s really fun trying to recall what kind of jokes I liked when I was a kid.”
When did you start writing?
“I was always writing stories and drawing little comics for my friends since I was in primary school”
