![]() ![]() How did I get the job? Well, I’d met Kathy at Canadian Book Expo and we’d had a brief talk where she made fun of Canada’s west (where I come from) and I made jokes about Canada’s east (specifically Toronto) where she is based. ![]() Interviews, gossip all that stuff that makes those mags sparkle. She got the crazy notion to publish a book about monsters, done as if it was a tongue-in-cheek Teen People magazine. What was your inspiration for creating this book?Īctually, Kathy Lowinger, the editor at Tundra Books (in Canada) was the inspiration she dreamed up the whole idea. ![]() Slade’s hilarious text presents delicious imagined gossip, favorite blood types, favorite movies, and even favorite haunts (you should pardon the expression) with character descriptions and thoroughly researched background information. He provides facts, real history, imagined history, and lots of jokes to make these creatures come to life. From the catalog copy: “Governor General’s Award-winner Arthur Slade has gathered together fifteen scary critters, ranging from Dracula to Golem, from Frankenstein to Baba Yaga and even a zombie. Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead by Arthur Slade, illustrated by Derek Mah (Tundra, 2005). ![]()
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