Geraldine McCaughrean that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world. Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know. Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: "The Odyssey", "El Cid", "The Canterbury Tales", "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Moby Dick", "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights" and "Gilgamesh". J. M. Barrie gave all rights to "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with "Peter Pan"'s centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel. McCaughrean
Great Ormond Street (TV series) series "excellent" and added that "the sensitivity of [the] programme saved it from feeling voyeuristic". John Crace of The Guardian said that the documentary "exposed us to the existential questions that doctors face on a daily basis – and which most documentaries avoid", while Andrew Billen of The Times called it "extraordinarily frank". Jane Simon for The Daily Mirror said that the programme was "made with great sensitivity" and Paul Whitelaw, writing for The Scotsman called the series "A sensitive study of tragedy and hope". The second season started in May 2012. Great Ormond Street (TV series) Great Ormond Street