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March 19, 2020
19th March Update and World Book Day 2020 Costumes
Hello Detectives! I hope you’ve been taking care of yourselves this week, wherever you are in the world. This is a difficult time, and it’s already changed a lot of lives. I want you all to stay safe, stay sensible and remember to work even harder than you usually do to be kind to the people around you.… Read more
March 16, 2020
Update – March 2020
Hello Detectives! This isn’t exactly the update I was hoping to post, but here we are! As you know, the Coronavirus is messing up everyone’s schedules. Because of it, I’ve decided to stop doing events for the forseeable future – this video explains why, what I’m going to be doing while I’m at home, and why social distancing makes us all heroes.… Read more
February 28, 2020
February 2020 Book Recommendation Video
I’ve moved house, I’ve handed in the next draft of MMU9 and my book recommendation videos are back! This month I’m talking about …
– Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt (8+)
– Slay by Brittney Morris (12+)
– An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (13+)
– One Of Us is Next by Karen McManus (12+)
I’m off on tour for The Case of the Drowned Pearl next week, but I’ll be back later in March for more updates!… Read more
February 24, 2020
Share a Story with the Puffin Show for World Book Day 2020!
My brilliant publisher Puffin has created a special World Book Day edition of their Puffin Storymakers Show for schools, and I’m very proud to be a part of it!
The show is FREE to watch from 10am GMT on World Book Day (5th March 2020), and it features me talking about The Case of the Drowned Pearl and doing some extreme reading with presenter Rae Lim, as well as sections from amazing authors and illustrators Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Vashti Harrison and Yassmin Abdel-Magied!… Read more
February 19, 2020
Dress like the Detective Society for World Book Day 2020!
It’s almost World Book Day 2020! The official date is 5th March, but schools will be celebrating all that week – and so will I!
My short story, The Case of the Drowned Pearl, is one of the OFFICIAL World Book Day 2020 titles – I’m just so proud that Daisy and Hazel have their own World Book Day adventure, and so excited to introduce my series to new readers all across the UK and Ireland.… Read more
February 3, 2020
Murder Most Unladylike 9’s cover colour is … GOLD AND BLUE!
Thank you for all of your guesses, Detectives. You’ve been very clever – lots of you guessed that MMU 9’s cover would be gold, and some of you even suggested gold and blue! If you guessed it, bravo! And even if you didn’t … I really hope you like it!
Covers by Nina Tara
MMU 9 will be out from Puffin Books on the 6th August 2020 in the UK and Ireland – and you can pre-order it now!… Read more
January 31, 2020
Murder Most Unladylike 9: your cover colour clue!
It’s almost time to reveal the cover colour for MMU9! A lot of you have been making guesses – and I’ve been really impressed with your reasoning. Some of you are even right …
For now, though, I can share your clue with you – a colour grid for MMU9. The colour of Daisy and Hazel’s last adventure is somewhere on this chart.… Read more
January 30, 2020
January 2020 Update Video: MMU9 and Egypt!
It’s my video for January – the very last one I’ll ever film in my old study! Since I filmed it I’ve moved house, and I’m currently unpacking all of my books – I can’t wait to show my new study off in February’s video!
Because of my house move, and my trip to Egypt to research MMU9, I haven’t had the chance to read much this month – so instead, this video’s all about the process of redrafting, and how important it is to know the place you’re writing about.… Read more
January 28, 2020
MMU9’s cover colour is about to be revealed …
MMU9 is on its way! It’s publishing in the UK and Ireland on the 6th of August this year, and it’s going to be about Daisy and Hazel’s visit to Egypt. I’ve just finished work on the second draft, and I’m really pleased with how it’s shaping up.
You’ve all been asking what the title and cover colour will be.… Read more
January 22, 2020
Top Marks for Murder is an Agatha Award nominee!
I’m thrilled to announce that Top Marks for Murder has been nominated for a 2019 Agatha Award in the children and young adult category!
The full list of the nominees is here – huge congratulations to all of the nominees, and I feel honoured to be among them!
The awards will be announced in May – fingers crossed for Top Marks for Murder, but I’ll feel like a winner whatever happens.… Read more
