In this episode, we talk to Andy Griffiths. The children’s author has written 40 books, including The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the wildly popular Treehouse series. Griffiths has been published in more than 35 countries, and sold an astonishing 13 million copies in Australia and New Zealand alone. He’s led an interesting life, too. He wanted to be a frontman in a punk band, but ended up as a schoolteacher. He’s serious about fitness – a former obsessive runner who now loves the gym, flexing wiry muscles that are covered in sticker tattoos. His latest book – You And Me And The Peanut Butter Beast – is out now. Hosting this conversation about the “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired Griffiths, and the “sacred moment” when he meets his young readers – is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.

In this episode, we talk to Andy Griffiths. The children&rsquo;s author has written 40 books, including The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the wildly popular Treehouse series. Griffiths has been published in more than 35 countries, and sold an astonishing 13 million copies in Australia and New Zealand alone. He&rsquo;s led an interesting life, too. He wanted to be a frontman in a punk band, but ended up as a schoolteacher. He&rsquo;s serious about fitness &ndash; a former obsessive runner who now loves the gym, flexing wiry muscles that are covered in sticker tattoos. His latest book &ndash;&nbsp;You And Me And The Peanut Butter Beast&nbsp;&ndash; is out now. Hosting this conversation about the &ldquo;fusion of hilarity and horror&rdquo; that inspired Griffiths, and the &ldquo;sacred moment&rdquo; when he meets his young readers &ndash; is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.

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The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths

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