Were you consciously doing this? If so, how? One of the problems with writing a prequel, particularly one set 600 years prior to the main series, can involve giving the reader a sense that the tale is actually occurring in an earlier or at least a different time.
Looking back I see that I did make a very early note about the potential for Clariel’s story. Obviously I had to re-read not only my earlier novels and the two stories set in that world, but also go through many notes, and I had forgotten quite a few small details that I was pleased to rediscover, particularly when they fitted in with what I wanted to do in Clariel! I hadn’t always completely planned to write more books, but I thought I might it is a rich and involved world with many story possibilities. I’ve enjoyed coming back to the Old Kingdom. What was it like returning to the world of The Old Kingdom at novel length after so many years of writing other things? Had you always planned to write another novel set there? It’s a prequel set 600 years before Sabriel, which helps to establish some of the background for the later books. It was followed by several short stories set in the same world, most notably “The Creature in the Case” (2005), but Clariel is the first novel about the Old Kingdom in more than a decade. Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom trilogy – Sabriel (1995), Lirael (2001), and Abhorsen (2003) – is considered one of the classics of young adult fantasy.
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