Authors Teenagers
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Celebrate overlooked females in Catherine Blackledge's The Animal Queendom
Discover what makes the females of the animal world stand out from the males in Catherine Blackledge's eye-opening book, The Animal Queendom! Catherine Blackledge PhD is a non-fiction author and a former science journalist and communications specialist. Catherine...
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Exploring Amy Wilson's The Trouble With Magic (The Hexton Chronicles)
ReadingZone caught up with author Amy Wilson to talk about magic, shadows and world building in her new Hexton Chronicles series, beginning with The Trouble With Magic. Amy Wilson has written several middle grade books including Carnegie nominated, Branford Boase-longli...
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Ross MacKenzie
Award-winning author Ross MacKenzie introduces his gripping science-fiction novel, Rusthead. Ross has been writing stories since he was seven years old, when he created an illustrated short story about a hungry crocodile named Crunchy Colin in a smuggled school jotter....
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SE Durrant
Into Thin Air is a story about family and the environment with a mystery at its heart. ReadingZone caught up with author SE Durrant to find out more! SE Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicest...
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Nicola Penfold introduces her ecological adventure, And Now We Run
Two children face danger and a battle survival in And Now We Run, an adventure about climate change, families and friendship. ReadingZone caught up with author Nicola Penfold to find out more! Nicola grew up in Doncaster, studied English at Cambridge and then completed...
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Mitch Johnson introduces his footballing adventures, Strike and Kick!
Mitch Johnson joins ReadingZone to talk about football, exploitation and standing up for what is right in his new book, Strike, a companion title to his award-winning debut, Kick. Mitch studied Creative Writing at East Anglia university, whose notable alumni include Dav...
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Nicola Penfold introduces her dystopian adventure, When the Wild Calls
In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change might affect our future world, and how societies can adapt to the challenges they face. Nicola was born in Merseyside and grew up in Doncaster, st...
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Volcanologists Tamsin Mather and David Pyle explore The Power of Volcanoes
Discover the science behind these fiery wonders in The Power of Volcanoes by Tamsin Mather and David Pyle. Tamsin Mather, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, has studied volcanoes in places like Hawaii, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Chile an...
