Okay, so you like stories about family secrets and mysteries? Well, my newbie novel ‘The Pearl in the Attic‘ might be right up your street… Or what about funny books? I do those too, and the second in my ‘St Grizzle’s School’ series is out now; ‘St Grizzle’s School for Girls, Ghosts and Runaway Grannies‘. Both…
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‘The Pearl In The Attic’ is coming soon… next month – June the 1st, to be precise! And here’s a sneak peak at the cover. Want to know a little more? Well, here’s a sneak peek at the back cover too. It’s set around where I live, near Alexandra Palace in North London, and so…
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So, the Haringey Children’s Book Awards 2017 happened on Monday – and a packed day it was, with all we short-listed authors buzzing around doing workshops, chatting to students and yakking about our books. It was great for me, being a local author, to see SO many schools attending that I knew – especially the gang…
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Yikes! On Monday, my WW2 evacuee novel ‘Catching Falling Stars‘ is up for an award… it’s one of 6 shortlisted for the Haringey Children’s Book Awards. The others are ‘Strange Star‘ by Emma Carroll, ‘A Library of Lemons‘ by Jo Cotterill, ‘Cogheart‘ by Peter Bunzl, ‘The Imaginary‘ by A.F. Harrold and ‘The Best Medicine‘ by…
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Me and a whole heap of childrens and YA authors will be celebrating the end of World Book Day week this Saturday (4th March) by TAKING OVER A BOOKSHOP! The bookshop is Big Green Books in Wood Green, North London. So if you’re anywhere near, do come and say hello and see which well-known author is…
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I have a new book out today… ‘Stanley Stone Rocks‘! It’s an early reader for younger kids, about a boy called Frank, and Stanley, his pet, er, rock. So if you have any wee brothers, sisters, cousins, whoevers, you might fancy telling them about it. Or making yourself your very OWN pet rock, with some googly eyes!…
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I’m guesting over at Cathy Cassidy’s ‘Dreamcatcher’ blog again, showing not only the ACTUAL cover of my new book – ‘St Grizzle’s School For Girls, Goats and Random Boys‘ – but a couple of try-out covers that illustrator Becka Moor worked on before the final version. Why not have a mosey over there and have a nosey…
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What a week! I visited 8 fantastic schools and met hundreds of fabulous students, and I talked to them about penguins’ bums. OK, not JUST penguins’ bums… I chatted about what it’s like to be an author, where I get my ideas from and how books are made. And of course it was a bit…
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Yay! ‘St Grizzle’s School For Girls, Goats and Random Boys’ officially hits the shops today!!! (And yes, that DOES call for lots of exclamation marks, actually!!!!!!!) And here are some copies, nestling rather nicely in my local children’s bookshop, Pickled Pepper in North London. If you see ‘St Grizzle’s’ out and about, do say hello! And…
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*Eek!* My newbie book – ‘St Grizzle’s School For Girls, Goats and Random Boys‘ will hit the shops very soon… next week, to be precise! And there’s nothing like an early review to make an author feel like tap-dancing across the kitchen floor, scaring the cat! (Sorry, Dizzy…) I’m loving the illustrations in it, by Becka…
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