The haunting of luna moo.., p.7
The Haunting of Luna Moon, page 7
Guy has previously written plays for both adults and children. He lives in London with his wife and imaginary dog. Find out more at guybass.com
Pete Williamson is a self-taught artist and illustrator. He is best known for the much-loved Stitch Head series by Guy Bass, and the award-winning The Raven Mysteries by Marcus Sedgwick.
Pete has illustrated over sixty-five books by authors including Francesca Simon, Matt Haig and Charles Dickens. Before that he worked as a designer in an animation company (while daydreaming about being a children’s book illustrator).
Pete now lives in rural Kent with a big piano, a writer wife and a dancing daughter. Find out more at petewilliamson.co.uk
Guy and Pete explain how the characters evolved…
Luna Moon
GB: Pete did a few sketches of Luna and one immediately stood out – she looked spot on.
PW: As soon as I drew her she stood out for me too, and I was really hoping Guy would choose her.
GB: The way I described her meant she looked a bit too much like Ben Bunsen from the first Skeleton Keys book, so we changed her hair from black to white. I love the way she turned out.
Simon Parker
PW: A friend had been putting pictures of her pet white rat up on social media so they came in very useful when drawing Simon. GB: We looked at a few different colour options (I had no idea rats came in so many colours) but when we changed Luna’s hair, a white Simon Parker seemed like a neat match.
Pete did some fantastic sketches of Luna’s rat sniffing around Haggard Hall. The more realistic he looked, the more I liked him.
Mr Malarkey
GB: I imagined the Marvellous Magical Man as a sort of floating Humpty Dumpty in a wizard’s outfit. Pete’s initial design made him a bit more human and appealing but the final design was stranger, which I loved. I especially like his monstrous form. I have a thing for characters turning into monsters.
PW: When I draw monsters I always forget I’m drawing for children and I just try and come up with something that would horrify me (and hopefully Guy) and this is what came out. Lots of razor sharp black claws, rows of terrible teeth and a very bad mood.
To my family ~ Guy Bass
To Mum, Dad & Lynne – thank you!
~ Pete Williamson
STRIPES PUBLISHING LIMITED
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First published in Great Britain in 2020
Text copyright © Guy Bass, 2020
Illustrations copyright © Pete Williamson, 2020
eISBN: 978–1–78895–266–8
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Guy Bass, The Haunting of Luna Moon
