Ender:

"Brian Jacques has worked as an longshoremen, a standup comedian, a long-distance truck driver, a play-righter, and is currently an author and the presenter of his own radio show "Jakestown" He lives in Liverpool, England."

Gray:

"Yeah, and he once worked in a place for blind children. He wanted them to be able to picture his world in their minds. I thought that was pretty cool. Then someone saw his work and decided to publish it. That's how the "Redwall Series" became famous."