Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Published 2007

The idea for Horrid Henry’s Author Visit came to me, not surprisingly, while I was in the middle of doing a talk at a literary festival. I particularly enjoyed writing the ridiculous lyrics for the Happy Nappy song, and should mention that Miranda Richardson, who reads the stories so brilliantly on CD, was a big help with the rhymes and also helped me solve the ending. We did this having supper together at the Wolseley in London
and got a number of puzzled looks from other diners as we fell about laughing.

Horrid Henry’s Rainy Day, where Henry decides to write a will, is one of my very favourite stories. My playwright friend Tim Fountain was teasing me one evening about what stories I would write if Horrid Henry ever grew up and said, “What about Horrid Henry’s Living Will?” Saying the word “will” triggered the story.