Hana Tooke
Hana Tooke grew up on a polder near Amsterdam, in a house filled with peculiar clocks and a head filled with a peculiar imagination. She's been a singer, a teacher, and even a mad-scientist, but these days she spends her days writing stories, sculpting puppets, and collecting curiosities. She lives in Bath with two humans, a cat, and a skeleton marionette.
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Hana used to have a pet water-buffalo called Buffy.
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She plays guitar (mediocrely) and mouth-trumpet (excellently).
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Her boss is a cat called Moop.
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Hana can cycle without holding on to the handle bars.
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She can summon Moop by whistling the Addams Family theme tune.
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Her favourite book is The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.
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Hana is not actually called Hana. Her real name is Hanneke.
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'Tooke' is a Viking name.
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She can't say the word 'effortlessly' - please don't ever ask her to.
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Hana 's grandfather was a Water Wizard, who was knighted by the Dutch queen for his water wizardry.