Born in Birmingham, England, in 1938, I grew up in a country at war and spent many hours in air-raid shelters with bombs dropping all around. Grown-ups would gather us around and tell us stories. T...view moreBorn in Birmingham, England, in 1938, I grew up in a country at war and spent many hours in air-raid shelters with bombs dropping all around. Grown-ups would gather us around and tell us stories. This is the kind of storytelling spirit that I think would appeal to the publicview less