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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 months

Today marks twenty years since CHERUB: The Recruit was published! Can you remember how you first discovered the books?

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Sadly my mum died earlier today. Maybe I can join CHERUB now I'm an orphan...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Avengers star Tom Holland has been spotted wearing a CHERUB t-shirt!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

The Recruit was published 15 years ago today & total sales of CHERUB books have now passed 15 million... Since I'm a geek I made an infographic to celebrate!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Fifteen years ago today, I told my boss to stick his job up his butt and became a full-time writer. Worked out OK, I guess!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Giveaway time! WIN one of 2x CHERUB beanies, each with a signed #Robinhood book. To enter, FOLLOW me and RETWEET this post. #GiveAway closes Friday 19th March.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

I answer all fans who email, including one guy who regularly sent drawings and messages over the last three years. Gutted this morning after his mum emailed to say that he'd killed himself aged 14 and that she'd always remember the hours he spent reading my books. RIP dude 😭

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Happy 30th birthday James Adams! You were 11 when you first came into my head, while I was planning CHERUB: The Recruit. I wrote a note saying you were born 23/10/91. So I guess you turn 30 today. Wherever you are now, I hope you're doing something fun to celebrate!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

20 years since I started writing The Recruit and 6 since I wrote the last CHERUB book. When fans ask questions about the series I'm increasingly aware that I can't remember a damned thing!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Today is the 15th anniversary of the publication of CHERUB: Class A. Follow me & retweet to win a signed copy plus CHERUB goodies! RULES: 1. You must follow & retweet. 2. Winner will be notified by Twitter message. 3. Closing date 21/10/19 #Competition #win #giveaway

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

WIN this signed Muchamore Starter Pack containing the first book in all four of my series including #CHERUB and #RobinHood To enter, FOLLOW me and RETWEET this post. #Competition closes Friday 5th June.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

New book series idea: McCherub. The Scottish version of CHERUB, which is basically the same except everyone wears kilts in basic training...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

My last two books: Arctic Zoo - About a girl who starts a protest movement with school strikes (written pre-Greta) Killer T - About a lethal global virus pandemic. I'm now thinking of doing a book about a kids author called Rob who wins Euromillions...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

I'm sorry to announce a possible global shortage of my CHERUB and Robin Hood books. Please start panic buying them immediately.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Got asked eleven times yesterday. Five times today and it's not even noon. If I die, my funeral will surely be interrupted by someone ripping the lid off my coffin for one final chance to ask if there's going to be a CHERUB movie...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Once again the UK government has ignored my entirely fair and sensible suggestion that all exam grades are based upon the number of my books that you've read.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

With awful #ArtemisFowl reviews and the dumpster fire most movies based on UK kids books turn into, they should just give us authors money to make movies. And if a Hollywood studio drops me $150 mil to make a #CHERUB movie, I'll be TOTALLY responsible with their cash, I swear.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

With so many kids authors putting wholesome home learning materials online, I'm tempted to do some CHERUB themed ones, like 'Drug Dealing for Beginners,' or 'Start Your own Religious Cult for Fun & Profit.'

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Win this goodie pack, containing a rare signed #RobinHood proof copy, #CHERUB Campus poster, plus New Guard, bookmarks & more! To enter FOLLOW me and RETWEET this post. #Competition closes Friday August 7th.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 months

Theres an article on 20 years of CHERUB in today's Guardian newspaper that includes the rather fabulous line, "James Adams would definitely want to give Alex [Rider] a good slap."

Swearing, snogging and spying: Cherub’s cool teenage secret agents hit 20

Robert Muchamore’s series of novels about young undercover intelligence operatives with troubled lives shook up the sanitised world of early noughties YA literature

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

New decade. New series! New cover by @Talexiart . Out April 2nd. Follow & retweet for a chance to win a signed Muchamore book of your choice! RULES: 1. Follow & retweet by Jan 23rd. 2. Winner notified by Twitter message #giveaway #bookcover #robinhood

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Socially distanced delivery person: "I saw the name and wondered if this is for the author Robert Muchamore?" Me: "Yes." Delivery person, "Does he live here?" Me, "I'm Robert Muchamore." Delivery person, "Oh sorry... I thought you'd be a lot younger."

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Hope this #AlexRider TV show is a success, because if something is a hit it's easier to make other stuff in the same genre, like #CHERUB . But WHY is 14yo Alex played by a a 22 year old actor who looks like a uni student???

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@primevideouk

4 years

Question everything. Alex Rider infiltrates Prime Video soon. Watch the full trailer here. #AlexRiderTV

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Now @MattHancock has resigned, I can exclusively reveal that CHERUB agents planted the CCTV in his office...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

They discovered a batch of long lost CHERUB beanies in the @HachetteKids warehouse. I'll do a #giveaway soon, but for now here's a picture of one one being worn by a high end fashion model.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Yay, CHERUB is legal!

Use of child informants by Home Office 'lawful', High Court rules

A charity loses a High Court legal challenge against the use of children as informants by police.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

1 year

Someone just pointed out that I haven't tweeted for six weeks and asked if I was OK. This is to confirm that I am alive and just ate a nice biscuit.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

#giveaway Robin Hood III is just one week away! What better way to prepare than by winning signed copies of books 1&2? I've got two pairs of books up for grabs. Follow me and retweet this post by midnight Monday to enter!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

And finally, the big announcement of my first new series in six years! Set in the roaring 2020s, twelve-year-old Robin is on the run after his dad is framed by Locksley's corrupt Police Department! Lots more info at

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

YAY, my author copies of Robin Hood II just arrived. It'll be published on January 7th.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

2 years

Hard to believe today is the 6th anniversary of the publication of my final CHERUB book. My publisher put on a wrap party at a swanky bar in Covent Garden, which must have been good because I can't remember a thing...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

After three weeks shooting in the Bahamas with a budget of £7 million, here is the world premiere of the Robert Muchamore Christmas Advertisement.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

And now I know of three people in the world with a CHERUB tattoo!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

2 years

Four years ago today I published Killer T. It's a book about a global pandemic, with lockdowns, social distancing and vaccine boosters. Given my awesome predictive powers, my next book will be about a handsome 50yo author called Rob who wins Euromillions...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Woo! My preview copies of Robin Hood IV arrived. It's out on February 3rd.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

People often talk about the power of books for teenagers. I especially remember getting cornered by a thug in my secondary school library and whacking him in the balls with a big thesaurus.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

8 months

The latest in T-shirt fashion looks somewhat familiar...

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@peaktelevision

8 months

TOMORROW 7PM. - STEALTH TRIPLE BLACK DOG EAR - 2 TEES

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

This Tweet is for Harry T, who reckons he deserves a shout out on my Twitter because he got detention for reading CHERUB in maths class!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

I can finally reveal the cover for Robin Hood IV! The book is out on February 3rd.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Over the years I've had lots of messages from parents thanking me for writing books that their kids enjoyed. But @RockRoseGin made theirs the best ever by adding, 'We own a small distillery and would like to send you a free bottle of gin!’

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Test your knowledge of CHERUB: The Recruit with this online quiz. Twenty questions and a hundred points up for grabs!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

After publishing 33 books, I've realised my most impressive literary achievement is being able to type 'diarrhea,' without needing the spell check.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

In another huge career milestone, a fan spotted this Swedish CHERUB book in @IKEA

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

After the year we've just had, did we really need to go and start another one straight away?

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

In case you've been wondering what all my books would look like stacked on top of each other:

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

All hail the mighty CHERUB label!

Jared

@TallCharming

4 years

When it's the only series with its own label. #CHERUB @RobertMuchamore

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Watching the Fire Brigade try to rescue a fox stuck on a plinth at Blackfriars bridge!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Woo, it's publication day!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Only five weeks until the release of Robin Hood III: Jetskis, Swamps & Smugglers. FOLLOW me and RETWEET this post by Monday 7th for your chance to win a signed copy of my first two Robin Hood books, plus goodies.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

We can now confirm April 2nd release date for my new Robin Hood series. So only 136 days to go!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

I reply to every fan who contacts me, but those asking for advice on serious stuff need to know that beyond my core skill of writing kids books I'm basically an idiot...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Cover reveal for Robin Hood II! I'm really pleased, what's your rating out of ten?

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

A new look for CHERUB books in France!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

It always amazes me how short the gap can be between, 'I can't move, I ate too much, I feel sick,' and, 'Oooh, there's a pack of Jaffa Cakes in the cupboard.'

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Live footage of Muchamore fans as UK bookstores reopen...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

8 months

CHERUB books make the ideal late Christmas gift for your pets!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

With bookstores closed, I've embarked on a bold marketing strategy for this Thursday's release of Robin Hood II.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

In another display of my creative genius, I've invented the bacon, egg and potato waffle sandwich.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

It's been weird releasing my new Robin Hood series during #lockdown , but this morning I got two e-mails from fans asking if they could play Robin in a movie and only one asking if they could play James Adams from CHERUB. Must mean SOME kids out there are enjoying it!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

You know you're in the writing zone when you don't realise you've scoffed a whole pack of Jaffa Cakes until you find your fingers fumbling blindly inside the empty box...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Robin Hood has had the best reviews of anything I've ever written and ten weeks after publication, UK fans can finally buy it in an actual proper bookshop!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

6 years

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! At the start of 2018 my New Year resolutions were to increase my bacon intake by 37%, drink way more beer and put on 12kg. I'm delighted to announce that I managed all three. HERE'S TO ALL MY FANS HITTING THEIR GOALS IN 2019!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Keep getting messages and ads for various Creative Writing for Kids courses. Tempted to sign up for one anonymously and see how they rate my work...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

My books and series all have crossover characters & links, like Mr Large in Rock War & Brigands MC in my 2020 Robin Hood series. I call this the Muchamore Creative Universe, or #MCU for short...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Delighted to announce I've signed up to write four more Robin Hood books for @HotKeyBooksTeen Here's the planned publishing schedule: Robin Hood 4: Drones, Dams and Destruction - Feb 22 Robin Hood 5: July 22 Robin Hood 6: March 23 Robin Hood 7: July 23 Robin Hood 8: March 24

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Sunday afternoon stroll before my last Paris book signing.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

More evidence that CHERUB and Henderson's Boys are real!

Secret army of teenagers trained to fight Nazis

Details of a secret civilian army of British teenagers who were trained to kill during the Second World War have emerged in research.The British resistance f

www.thetimes.com

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Put 102 Lego Santas on my tree!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

1 year

Hard to believe all this hype around #HogwartsLegacy when my CHERUB Trivia Quiz can provide an incredible interactive thrill ride for free😃

CHERUB Trivia Quiz - The Recruit

How well do you know the first book in the CHERUB series?

docs.google.com

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Today's mood, 'Sod everything, I'm going to eat a whole packet of donuts.'

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

British Summer Time is over, which means the clock in my car is telling the right time again...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

I originally thought up CHERUB because of a nephew that didn't like reading. Good to know it's still working!

Catherine Randall

@Crr1Randall

5 years

Big shout out for @RobertMuchamore today. My friend’s dyslexic 11-year-old has always been really reluctant to read. She just told me he’s read 16 Cherub novels since the summer and she has to stop him reading too late at night! Thank you and your lovely agent @ClarePearson_EP

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Two boys aged about six talking in the cinema loo: A, "Will we be best friends forever?.” B, "Yeah." A, "Even when we're in year five?”

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Apparently over 100 schools and 3,000+ kids are signed up for my Robin Hood III virtual launch event on Thursday. So I'd better make sure Zoom is working on my new PC!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Latest fan e-mail: "I am high school student from Portugal that starts a 1 month quarantine. I was thinking a positive point is that I will read the entire collection of CHERUB again!"

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

At ten I always wanted vinyl records and Lego for Christmas. 40 years later, not much has changed...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

A Ferrari just parked in front of my house with the roof down. The temptation to go upstairs and bomb the interior with chocolate ice cream is almost overpowering...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Celebrating the arrival of my author copies of Arctic Zoo & the Killer T paperback! Both released July 11th!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

1 year

My preview copies of Robin Hood 6 arrived this morning. It's out on March 9th.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Fuelling up with black coffee, as I agreed to do a virtual school event in Australia without realising it didn't start until 1am!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Robin Hood 4 is published today! It's even better than Wordle!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

WOO! My international superfame has finally reached the point where I get in the notable birthdays column!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Just found that my work in progress has two chapter eights followed by a chapter seven then another chapter eight. The whole counting to ten thing is clearly beyond me and I might have to revise with a few episodes of Sesame Street...

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Ate an entire family size trifle. I blame 2020.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

The best thing about planning a new book is that it gives me an excuse to say, 'I'll be spending the day plotting,' in my most dastardly supervillan accent.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

CHERUB Henderson's Boys Rock War Robin Hood.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Happy Thanksgiving to all the CHERUB fans in the USA. I think there were seven of them the last time I counted!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

My big new series announcement that I promised would happen in January will finally happen tomorrow!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Tweet made me smile, because I remember writing this line in CHERUB: New Guard and feeling emotional knowing this was going to be the last time I wrote about these characters!

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5 years

@RobertMuchamore This is the best part out of the Cherub Book Series. That warm feeling of excitement.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Usually I wake up today and it's like, 'OMG, September already, where did this year go?' But 2020 feels more like an elderly snail going up a steep hill into a strong headwind, on a day when he's feeling particularly demotivated.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

3 years

Hey good lookin! Robin Hood III #coverreveal Artwork by @nentopia Published July 8th.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Bank just called to say I have too much money in my account. Best problem ever!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

1 year

Superfan Miguel sent me this pic of his CHERUB bear. One of the best things about writing for young people is the creative stuff they do!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Today I got my first author copy of Robin Hood, so I celebrated with my world famous chicken impersonation.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

NOOOOOOOOO! I left a half-eaten giant Milky Bar on the garden table overnight, and now it's covered in ants. I hope the little sods get diabetes.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

Article about depression I wrote for the Telegraph

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

5 years

Novelist @RobertMuchamore opens up about his secret battle with depression – and why finally sharing his story saved his life

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Couldn't get your hands on a #PlayStation5 today? How about getting one of my lovely books instead!

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

Just set a new personal best: 3.3 seconds between putting on a clean t-shirt and spilling coffee down it.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

4 years

As lockdown grinds on, only my friendship with Basil the Banana is keeping me sane.

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Robert Muchamore

@RobertMuchamore

5 years

The praise I get from young fans keeps me going. Today's e-mail nugget: 'Nobody at my school has heard of you, but I like your books and don't worry because they're not bad.'

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