When the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally - indeed frighteningly - tidy, they assume it's a break-in (obsessively tidy thieves?). But soon the truth becomes clear. It's Hairy Bill - a brownie or bogle, the Matheson family's very own house spirit. Soon the whole house is redecorated in Scottish Baronial style - deer's heads, tartan aplenty, Scottish landscapes on the wall. The Mathesons don't want to live with a demonic answer to Carole Smillie but the only way to get rid of him is to call in Olly Spellmaker...and she's nearly as bad as Hairy Bill. Dressed in leathers and riding a huge motorbike, she swears she can get rid of the hairy horror - as long as she has the help of the Matheson's son Alex. The thing is, Alex really doesn't want to have to help...
On the day I was born, my Dad was given a typewriter. My Dad also signed my first contract, because I was too young to sign it - I was 16.
It was Dad who gave me the First and Second Jungle Books and the Just-So Stories for my seventh Christmas present too - and I still love them. But it was my mother who did all she could to teach me to read and to love books.
I've written 55 books, from Nursery Stories to things like 'The Bearwood Witch' and 'The Sterkarm Handshake' which are criticised for being 'too adult'.
Recently, I've joined the kindle revolution. I plan to publish most of my backlist on kindle, and I have joined together with several other writers to form Kindle Authors UK - see the blog feeds below. Look me up in the Kindle Store!
I also give talks in schools, and am RLF Fellow at De Montfort University in Leicester.
My website can be found at www.susanprice.org.uk
