Authors Teenagers
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll introduces her new fantasy adventure, Dracula and Daughters, which revisits vampire myths and the Dracula story to create a modern classic. The bestselling novelist taught English for 20 years before following her dream of being an...
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Annelise Gray
Author Annelise Gray introduces her fantasy adventure, The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam, which draws on Homer's The Odyssey to explore myths, memories and home. Annelise was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up riding horses and dreaming of becoming...
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Kirsty Applebaum introduces The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Kirsty Applebaum introduces her novel, The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, and tells ReadingZone about the fables and fairytales that inspired it. Kirsty is the award-winning author of books including The Middler, Troofriend and The Life a...
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Simon Chapman explores The Speed of Light
Simon Chapman brings Einstein's theories about relativity to life in The Speed of Light, including what inspired his theories - and what would happen if we could travel at the speed of light! Simon is an experienced Physics teacher, but he's also an author, traveller an...
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Mudlarking, monsters and misfits in Becca Rogers' The Girl With Gills
Becca Rogers introduces her debut novel, The Girl with Gills, an adventure about mudlarking with community and friendship at its heart. Becca grew up in rural Devon, an avid reader in a house full of folk music and books. After an English literature degree, she spent ma...
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Danielle Brown inspires young athletes to Shoot for the Stars!
Paralympian Danielle Brown encourages girls and young women to stay in sport - and enjoy it - in Shoot for the Stars. is an award winning children's author, double Paralympic gold medallist in archery, and five time World Champion. She was World number one for her entir...
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Abena Eyeson inspires readers to pursue their dreams in Running My Own Race
Abena Eyeson celebrates boyhood, community and following your dreams in her debut novel, Running My Own Race. Abena was born in Ghana but has lived in the UK since the age of 12. She has won accolades for the FAB Prize, Jericho Prize and TLC Pen Factor. She writes pictu...
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Exploring family and identity in Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club
Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club explores donor-conception and being true to oneself through 12-year-old Quinn's questions about her family and identity. Kristina lives in London with her wife and two daughters. Before writing, Kristina worked in the property industry...
