Authors Young Adult
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Phil Earle
Phil Earle's new book, While the Storm Rages, is set in London during WWII, and follows Noah on his journey to save the neighbourhood's pets. Phil grew up in Hull and has had a number of jobs including working in pubs and travel agencies, and as a care worker in a residential kids home....
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Christine Pillainayagam
Christine Pillainayagam's debut book, Ellie Pillai is Brown, is a coming-of-age high school romantic comedy about identity, representation and falling in love. Christine a is a writer and retail strategist, who lives in North London with her young family and a collecti...
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Annelise Gray
Author Annelise Gray's absorbing historical adventure, Circus Maximus, continues in Rivals on the Track where we return to the world of the Ancient Roman Empire, chariot racing and a dangerous secret. Annelise was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as...
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Mary Watson
Mary Watson's new YA novel, Blood to Poison, explores anger, witchcraft and a family curse and is set in today's South Africa. Mary grew up in Cape Town during the apartheid years and did her Masters in Creative Writing with André Brink. She won the Caine Prize for Afr...
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Bryony Pearce
Bryony Pearce's new book Cruel Castle (from the Red Eye series) is a slick horror version of an escape room and follows on from her earlier book, Savage Island. Bryony always dreamed of being a writer. After leaving university, she temped while waiting for a job in publ...
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Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan's latest book Precious Catastrophe is the darkly magical follow-up to Perfectly Preventable Deaths. Deirdre is a writer from Galway. Her 2016 novel Needlework was awarded a White Raven and the CBI Honour Award for fiction. Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of...
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Liz Kessler
Liz Kessler is the author of 23 books for children and young adults. Her new novel, When the World Was Ours, was inspired by her father’s childhood escape from the Nazis just before the second world war. The book is aimed at young (and not-so-young) adults. Liz's books range from Early...
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Richard Lambert
Shadow Town is Richard Lambert's first novel for children and follows his debut YA novel, The Wolf Road. Both books are published by Everything With Words. Richard Lambert was born in London. He has had many differen...
