Rebecca Stead's Liar & Spy tells the story of Georges, whose parents landed him with a bully-baiting 'S' at the end of his name when they named him after their favourite painter Georges Seurat. Would the story have been different if Georges had been called Roy, as Stead said she originally intended?
Was he based on anyone Rebecca knew herself, and does she play scrabble?
Find out everything about the brilliant winner of this year's Guardian children's fiction prize with young critics Charlotte and Emily.
