Author Mo Williems on Comedy and Failures in His Books
Williems has written and illustrated over fifty books, more than half of which have appeared on the Times best-seller list for months at a time. He hopes his books will teach young readers to confront problems and be resilient.
I know parents who think, ‘These books are so easy to make, there’s so few words, the drawings are simple, I could do that.’ People have no idea how much work goes into achieving simplicity (The New Yorker).
