Authors
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Exploring Rachael Davis-Featherstone's moody thriller, Oxford Blood
Enter the dark academia of Oxford Blood, Rachael Davis-Featherstone's suspenseful YA debut, with a murder at its heart. . . Rachael Davis-Featherstone is a mixed-raced Black British multi-award-nominated author and literary agent. She has published over 20 books, rangin...
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Pirates, orphans and hidden treasure: Doug Naylor introduces Sin Bin Island
Screen writer Doug Naylor spoke to ReadingZone about his first children's book, Sin Bin Island, an adventure-packed tale of lost treasure, dark legends and piracy! Doug is a British Emmy-award-winning television writer, Sunday Times bestselling novelist, and an award-wi...
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Kirsty Applebaum introduces The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Kirsty Applebaum introduces her novel, The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, and tells ReadingZone about the fables and fairytales that inspired it. Kirsty is the award-winning author of books including The Middler, Troofriend and The Life a...
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Carlie Sorosiak - A World of Cats
Carlie Sorosiak lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and her American Dingo, Dany. A bestselling children's author, her fiction titles include Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, I, Cosmo, as well as My Life as a Cat, Always, Clementine and Shadow Fox. Carlie has a master's...
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James Turner treats us to some Pixie Pandemonium!
Cartoonist, comic writer and illustrator James Turner introduces his hilarious, slapstick graphic novel series Toby and the Pixies to ReadingZone! James's comic strips include The Super Animal Adventure Squad and Star Cat, which have been published in The David Fickling...
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Discover Jack Jackman's thrilling Maisie adventures!
Jack Jackman introduces his young heroine, Maisie, and her adventures in Antarctica and the Himalayas! Jack is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he spent his time wandering the world, including a time in Argentina where h...
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Maudie Powell-Tuck and Duncan Beedie introduce Hank, the grumpy goose
Meet Hank the goose, who isn't always on his best behaviour . . . Maudie Powell-Tuck and Duncan Beedie introduce their new picture book, Hank Meets Frank. Maudie Powell-Tuck worked in publishing before becoming an author and freelance editor and mentor....
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Inspiring story-telling with Carly Gledhill's picture book, Pencil's Best Story Ever
Carly Gledhill joins ReadingZone to introduce Pencil's Best Story ever, a picture book about creating stories, friendship and adventures! Carly channels her love of colour, character design and hand-drawn lettering into everything she creates, from children's books to s...
