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Steve Webb
Steve Webb tells ReadingZone about his hilarious new graphic novel about the newest superheroes in town, Peng and Spanners! Steve is an author of middle-grade and picture books, as well as a graphic designer. His first middle-grade series was the magnif...
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Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder
Ravena Guron is the bestselling author of Young Adult thrillers: This Book Kills, Catch Your Death and her latest novel, Mondays Are Murder.</...
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Jonathan Stroud
The final book in Jonathan Stroud's Scarlett and Browne series, The Legendary Scarlett and Browne, is now available! Stroud worked as an editor at Walker Books when his first book, Buried Fire, was published. He has since written two internationally bestselling series:...
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Padraig Kenny
Padraig Kenny, our Author of the Month, tells ReadingZone what inspired his new dystopian adventure, After. Padraig is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-t...
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Lu Fraser
One Camel Called Doug is a hilarious story about finding new friends - and also realising that sometimes it's just as good to be on your own. Lu Fraser is a hugely exciting voice in children's picture books. She is based in Hampshire, where she lives wi...
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KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young
Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenagers who take a day off school. KL Walther was born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, dogs, a...
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Debi Gliori
Come What May, Debi Gliori's reassuring and warm picture book about familial love, returns the reader to the world of No Matter What, and the characters Large and Small. Debi has created over 80 books for children, including the bestselling No Matter What (Bloomsbury) a...
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Nathanael Lessore takes a fresh, hilarious look at Superheroes
Nathanael Lessore grew up in a North Peckham estate as one of eight children to French and Madagascan parents. His debut book Steady For This was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 and won the Branford Boase Award 2024. Becoming a writer is a dream come t...
