Authors Young Adult
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Lisa Heathfield
Exploring sibling bonds, first love and the broken care system, Lisa Heathfield's This Boy I Hardly Know is a powerful coming-of-age novel for all readers. Lisa's earlier YA novels have all won or been shortlisted for awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Pr...
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Sue Divin
Runaway Road, Sue Devin's new YA novel, follows siblings Ezra and Evie as flee across the Irish border, to escape justice. ReadingZone caught up with the author to find out more. Sue Divin from Armagh in the North of Ireland has a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies a...
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Curtis Jobling unveils Vampire Empire, his action-packed fantasy series!
Red Tide, the first book in the Vampire Empire series by Curtis Jobling, takes readers into a world of Vikings, Norse legends - and vampires! Curtis Jobling is an author, illustrator and animation creator. He has designed and created some of the UK's best loved childr...
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Exploring our digital footprints in Seán Farrelly's Tom Burne Has Left the Chat
Debut author Seán Farrelly joins ReadingZone to explore the clues that our digital lives leave about us through his novel, Tom Burne Has Left the Chat. Seán Farrelly has had four plays produced and two short stories published in the Irish Times as par...
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Miranda Reason introduces her post-apocalyptic thriller, Day Of Now
ReadingZone caught up with debut author Miranda Reason to explore her powerful YA thriller, Day Of Now, set in a post-apocalyptic world. Miranda Reason grew up in an Anglo-German household, spending part of her childhood living in Hastings on the coast of Southern Engla...
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Freddie Kölsch introduces her folk horror YA novel, Empty Heaven
Freddie Kölsch explores identity, gender and how societal norms keep the true monsters hidden in her new YA folk horror novel, Empty Heaven. Freddie Kölsch is a connoisseur and crafter of frightful fiction (with a dash of hope) for teens and former teens. She lives in S...
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Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teacher. She attended Christ Church College of Education but instead of teaching chose to work for a magazine publishing house. She became a full time writer in 1988.<br...
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Finbar Hawkins
Finbar Hawkins's novel Ghost weaves ancient tales of haunting and evil with an eerie contemporary story. He tells ReadingZone what inspired the story. His debut novel, Witch, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and nominated for the 2022 Carnegie medal (Zephyr). Hawkins is a gr...
