Authors Young Adult
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Katharine and Elizabeth Corr
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr revisit the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in their new Daughter of Darkness series. The authors are sisters, originally from Essex, but now live in Surrey. When they both decided to write novels - on account of...
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Darren Charlton
Darren Charlton's lifetime obsessions with the National Parks of America, horror, film music and 80s kids movies have all worked their way into his writing - Wranglestone and its sequel, Timberdark. He lives in London with his partner and works in the voluntary sector for a homeless organisati...
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JP Rose
Author JP Rose's first YA novel, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, is a gripping psychological horror story. JP Rose was born in Manchester but was raised in Yorkshire after her adoption. Growing up she suffered extreme racism, though she continued to be proud of her diverse and rich heritage of...
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Jesse Q Sutanto
Jesse writes books for children and adults, and her first YA romcom, Well, That Was Unexpected, is now available. Jesse grew up in Indonesia and Singapore and received her Masters from the University of Oxford. She currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters. Jesse ha...
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Rachel Burge
YA author Rachel Burge's new novel, Waking the Witch, follows her earlier YA books The Twisted Tree and The Crooked Mask. As well as a novelist, Rachel works as a freelance feature writer and has written for a variety of websites, including BBC Worldwide, Cosmo, and...
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Candy Gourlay
Candy Gourlay is of Filipino heritage, and was a journalist before becoming an author. Her novels Tall Story (her debut) and Shine have won the Crystal Kite Prize for Europe. Tall Story was also nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for 13 awards including the Blue Peter Prize, the...
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Chris Vick
In between writing and teaching, Chris Vick works for a whale and dolphin conservation charity which has helped inspire The Last Whale, his latest novel. Chris is a member of Authors4Oceans. He is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People and his novel Girl. Boy. Sea....
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Finbar Hawkins
Finbar Hawkins's new novel Stone weaves ancient tales into a contemporary story. His debut novel, Witch, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and nominated for the 2022 Carnegie medal (Zephyr). Hawkins is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People. He grew up in B...
