1. Please introduce yourself so that the readers will get to know you better
My name is Emeka Enu. I have a background in pharmaceuticals and business. I live in Connecticut with my wife and our children.
2. What is your inspiration behind your book “Prop and Friends: Prop and Oz the Osprey”?
My inspiration came from my son who did not like the books I was reading to him at bedtime. He loves airplanes and wanted a story about them. He has a toy propeller plane in his room and that’s how the idea came to me.
3. When did you realize you want to be an author?
I do not see myself as an author. I see myself as a storyteller. It was my wife who convinced me to start writing these stories in the hopes of sharing them with other children like our son.
4. Please tell us something about your book “Prop and Friends: Prop and Oz the Osprey”?
This is a book about an unlikely hero. The protagonist is given a difficult task against great odds even though he does not fit the profile to accomplish it. It is the typical story we have all read in our childhood-David and Goliath, Frodo, Harry Porter, the Ugly Duckling.
5. For which age group is your book suitable for?
Prop and Friends is suitable for children ages five to eleven years.
6. What is your favorite Quote?
A quote from the philosopher Seneca, “We suffer more in imagination than reality”
7. What do you like the most about your country?
I like that I am given the freedom to write whatever I want. If people like it, great and if people do not like it, they can move on.
8. What suggestion do you want to give to parents of little readers regarding a reading habit?
We are so busy but taking a few minutes each day to read to your children, especially at bedtime is critical in their development. There is something magical when parents read to their children. Personally, it is a bonding experience where you get to know the character of your children. Ask them questions about the story, ask them to name their favorite character(s) and in turn, allow room for them to ask questions.
I am currently reading, “How to Train your Dragon” series and I am learning a lot about my kids and we get into discussions on how the protagonists act’s during certain situations.
9. What does literary success look like to you?
As long as people keep reading my books, I will keep writing. My goal in writing stories is to make a kid smile or laugh before they go to bed. My dream is that kids and adults turn off the TV, put the phone down and pick up a book.
10. Lastly, who is your inspiration in life and why?
This is a hard question and yet an easy one to answer. My inspiration in life are my family, especially my wife. She brings the best out of me. If someone told me that I would be writing books, especially children’s books, I would say, they are crazy. However, my wife was ahead of me, because she knows me, she encouraged me to put to paper all these stories that are stored and formulated in my head.
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