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A: That would be Mould and Roach, the henchmen. I was reading a lot of Neil Gaiman who has fabulous villains and I saw these two in my head and one of them had these awful silver mirror eyes - perfect! A: While I was writing the book there was talk from certain newspapers and politicians and various other folk about how foreigners were no longer welcome in Britain. Coming from a Jewish family, who emigrated to this country just before World War II, that kind of rhetoric makes me very uncomfortable.
A: Definitely the fox, Malkin. At the time I was writing Cogheart we had a fox living in our garden and I wrote the first scene of the story with him in mind. I had originally planned for it to be a mechanical man being chased through the woods but I thought it was more likely that an animal was being chased. If it was an animal being chased, it was probably going to be a fox. Both types of performance existed in Victorian times, but in the end I chose the latter because it fit better with the drama of what happens after that and the history of the characters involved. First dated October 4, 2020; the serialized Cogheart Adventures’ third book is Skycircus whose translated titles include Himlacirkusen (Swedish), Atraksi Maut (Indonesian), and Podniebny (Polish).Q: Before writing books your career was in film animation. Do you still do work in that area? What do you enjoy the most about being an author? Q: There is also a lot of exploration around ideas of identity, especially among the Victorian orphans in this book, and Lily's investigations about her mother's past. Why does this theme play such a big part in this story?
A: I would like to take a trip on Ladybird, which is Anna Quinn's airship. I think she would be a fun pilot to travel with and I love the idea of a small and comfy dirigible - a bit like a caravan or barge - that flies about here and there. COGHEART is a full-throttle adventure story by PETER BUNZL, set in a deftly-realised Victorian world of 'mechanical' servants and pets, where steam-powered flying machines fill the skies. Airships would have a future if they could be made safer. I read personal accounts of some earlier journeys that people had made in airships, including one by a girl who flew from Germany to South America. She was even taken into the gondola to see how it operated. It sounded like a lovely way to travel! The Moonstone is a Victorian mystery about a missing diamond that also influenced The Jewelled Moth by Katherine Woodfine and The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman, two modern detective stories set in that era, which I have also enjoyed immensely.Mrs Rust, the housekeeper, is my other favourite mechanical. I'd love for her to run my house - and I wouldn't have to pay her...! Q: This is your third Cogheart book, do you enjoy revisiting the world? How do you go about thinking of new adventures for your lead characters, Lily, Robert and Malkin, or did you have these planned out when you began the Cogheart series? I decided to set it in London because I've lived here all my life, its ingrained in me and I love books that have London as a character. I live in Islington which is great because it is so near to the centre of the city but you can also reach the parks like Hampstead Heath.
Bunzl’s numerous influences include: British authors Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, and Sir Philip Pullman; the comic works of Quentin Blake and Carl Barks; and French authors Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Bunzl, whose literary agent is Jo Williamson, specializes with the steampunk and juvenile literature niches. A: One of my favourite parts of London is around Spitalfields Market where you have those Georgian Streets like Fournier Street that feel like you're walking through history. I would probably take it on a voyage across the Atlantic. On one of the routes that real historical airships used to take: from Europe to America. Skycircus is propelled along by a pulse-pounding plot, though this time the thrills are more adventure- than mysterydriven. Bunzl’s steampunk world is ever threatening and gripping, and his characters, A: Probably going for a walk on the Heath with my partner and then going to lunch, and after that reading or perhaps watching a documentary in the afternoon.
A: As a child I was interested in telling stories and I wrote and illustrated stories for my family before moving on to producing my own comics. Then my mum bought me a book about animation and from that point I was really interested in how you brought stories to life. A: Mrs Rust, the mechanical cook and housekeeper, is my favourite mechanical in the story. I love writing her little sayings like: 'cogs and chronometers!' and I think she would be great to have at home to look after you and to cook tea and give good advice. A: I am not doing animation at the moment as authoring is keeping me busy! The thing I enjoy most about the job is creating stories and characters and bringing them to life. Most of all I want people to be drawn into the adventures and, as the series progresses, gradually feel like the characters are old friends.
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