The Good Books, Alison Murray: 'I keep trying to read in bed but it doesn’t work for me, I just fall asleep' - Scottish Field

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The Good Books, Alison Murray: 'I keep trying to read in bed but it doesn’t work for me, I just fall asleep' - Scottish Field

Children’s author Alison Murray on falling in love with dogs after reading A Hundred and One Dalmatians, her passion for essays and why she can’t read in bed.   The first book I remember reading: A very scarily illustrated compendium of fairy stories that was read to me at bedtime and would give me nightmares. The first book I remember reading myself was A Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith which probably sparked a lifelong love of dogs. …