Is there a reason you chose this particular story as your base? The Little Mermaid is one of my daughter’s favourite fairy tales, so she was utterly fascinated by your modern reimagining. I wanted to write a book that highlighted a same-sex relationship, whilst also normalising it. We need picture books that celebrate and honour our lives and our struggles. I spent so much time as a child writing stories about mermaids, where I had underwater adventures with them! I was also very conscious that we desperately need to make the LGBT+ community more visible in children’s stories. I LOVED mermaids as a child and was OBSESSED with them! There was something about escaping into their magical, mysterious world that excited me. They are LGBT+ re-imaginings of Scottish myths and legends and it reminded me very much of my childhood. I was actually sitting outside on our garden bench at the beginning of the first lockdown, reading a collection of poems called Wain, by Rachel Plummer. Can Nen save him and can they convince Pelagios that two people from two very different worlds can be together? So, he creates a terrifying sea storm and Ernest is thrown into the waves. But Nen’s father, Pelagios, is furious that his son is spending so much time with a human – humans are destroying his precious oceans.
He ventures to the surface and meets a lonely, quiet fisherman who spends his days looking after the beaches. Nen spends his days exploring his underwater kingdom, but is lonely and wants more from his life. Hello Ian! Thank you so much for chatting to me about your debut book ‘Nen and the Lonely Fisherman.Ĭould you give us a little overview of what the book is about?Īt its heart, Nen and the Lonely Fisherman is about hope and finding that someone special in your life.
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