As I've mentioned here before, I'm a marathon runner.  I'm running the London Marathon next April, and I'm raising money for charity along the way.

My next book, as many of you know, is A Monster Calls, finishing up the final idea of the brilliant Siobhan Dowd who died of breast cancer.  In honour of her, I'm raising money for Breast Cancer Campaign and I'm already off to a roaring start, nearly £3,000 already, which is great.

I'd be delighted if anyone out there were willing to sponsor me, too, and raise money for a great cause in memory of a great writer.  Just go to this website and donate online, easy as anything, and you'll get a personal thank you from me.

Greetings to the new commenters (and I'm sorry I can't answer all your questions!), including a number of brilliant students from some of the schools I visited this week on my trip to Glasgow with Scottish Booktrust.  A great week, met a ton of cool people, and really liked Glasgow, too. 

But if you are able to donate, that'd be brilliant, big or small.  Many, many thanks in advance.