Authors Young Adult
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Severe anxiety inspired author Peter Bognanni's How to Lose Yourself Completely
ReadingZone caught up with author Peter Bognanni to find out more about his new novel about grief, anxiety and hope, wrapped in a deadly survival story - How to Lose Yourself Completely. Peter Bognanni's first novel, The House of Tomorrow, won the L.A. Times Book Award...
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Soman Chainani unveils his new YA thriller, Young World!
Soman Chainani, author of the bestselling School for Good and Evil series, unveils his new YA political thriller, Young World. The School for Good and Evil series sold over 4.5m copies, and been translated into 35 languages across the world. Together, his books appeared...
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Lisa Williamson Explores Consent in The Summer After the Night Before
ReadingZone caught up with award-winning author Lisa Williamson to explore consent and friendship in her YA novel The Summer After the Night Before. Lisa was born and grew up in Nottingham. Following a degree in drama, she worked as an actor for over a decade before wri...
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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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Radiya Hafiza moves into YA romantacy with The Silver Kingdom
The Silver Kingdom is Radiya Hafiza's first move into young adult fantasy, exploring empires, history, and forbidden love. ReadingZone caught up with the author to find out more. Radiya studied English Language and Literature at King’s College London and worked in publi...
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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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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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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...
