AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

  • Deborah Allwright Deborah Allwright

    MRS VICKERS' KNICKERS

    EGMONT

    MAY 2013

    Debut author Kara Lebihan and Deborah Allwright, illustrator of The Night Pirates, have collaborated on a new picture book called Mrs Vickers'Knickers, about a pair of pants that gets whisked off the...

    Read Interview
  • Mary Hooper Mary Hooper

    THE DISGRACE OF KITTY GREY

    PUBLISHED BY BLOOMSBURY

    MAY 2013


    When Mary Hooper read about a ship that sailed from London to Australia with only women and sailors on board, she knew she wanted to write a story that would explore what it...

    Read Interview
  • Michael Grant Michael Grant

    BZRK RELOADED

    PUBLISHED BY ELECTRIC MONKEY

    MAY 2013

    The second BZRK story takes us back into the world of the nano and nano technology as two opposing groups battle for control of the minds of the world's leaders through the use of nano...

    Read Interview
  • Cat Patrick Cat Patrick

    THE ORIGINALS

    PUBLISHED BY ELECTRIC MONKEY

    MAY 2013


    Cat Patrick, the best-selling author of Forgotten and Revived is back with a new story, The Originals. Lizzie, Ella and Betsey look like triplets, but they are really clones. Since...

    Read Interview
  • Jon Mayhew Jon Mayhew

    THE EYE OF NEPTUNE

    PUBLISHED BY BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    MAY 2013

    In this tale of daring and adventure, a young Indian prince, Prince Dakkar, travels to England to learn how to become a ruler. When his tutor his tutor is kidnapped,...

    Read Interview
  • William Sutcliffe William Sutcliffe

    THE WALL

    PUBLISHED BY BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    APRIL 2013

    In his first novel aimed at young adults, best-selling author William Sutcliffe has focused on an unnamed land which is divided by an eight metre-high wall. When a teenager...

    Read Interview
  • Julia Golding Julia Golding

    YOUNG KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

    PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

    APRIL 2013

    Julia Golding, author of books including the Cat Royal and Girl on the Run series, has turned to knights, swords and Arthurian legends in her new trilogy...

    Read Interview
  • Marcus Sedgwick Marcus Sedgwick

    FRIGHT FOREST (RAVEN BOY AND ELF GIRL)

    July 2012

    Orion Children's Books


    When Raven Boy and Elf Girl see their forest being pulled apart by a giant ogre, they know they have to act and with the help of a witch, a magic bow and a small...

    Read Interview