But you might know Hoban's name because he also wrote one of Slog tipper Sarah's favorite books, Bread and Jam for Frances. (Like Sarah, I fondly remember Frances's lunch in that book, because it featured a hard-boiled egg with salt, and I had never heard of anything so outrageous when I was three years old. So I think Hoban might have inspired me to eat my first hard-boiled egg, too; books are weird and wonderful things.)