What I Couldn’t Tell You – Launch

Book Launch 5 May 2016 I had such a wonderful evening at Daunts Bookshop in Holland Park last night with so many friends and family to celebrate publication of What I Couldn’t Tell You. It feels lovely today to remember the evening and to know that the book is now...

Seeing your book for the first time…

Words to describe how it feels to see your book for the first time? Awe, wonder, joy, a little fear, more joy, more awe… and I’m smiling… I absolutely cannot stop smiling, inside and out. The first sight of your book is when it arrives by the magic of post through...

US COVER

MY SECOND LIFE is going to be published in the US on 19 January 2016. When I type that I still feel like I have to pinch myself… And here is the US cover with the UK one below…

YA Shot

I’m delighted that I’m going to be a part of YA Shot this October. If you don’t know about YA Shot, it is a one-day Young Adult and Middle Grade ‘festival’ taking place in Uxbridge on Wednesday 28 October 2015. There will be over 71 authors involved in a programme of...

My Second Life – a Poem

I was sent this brilliant poem by Keira-Joan Alexander from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in London, inspired by Emma’s character in My Second Life. I think it’s just brilliant so wanted to share it here. A huge thank you to Keira-Joan for agreeing that I can put...