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December 9, 2017
#TwelveDaysofMurder – Day 9 Competition!
Hello Detectives! As I’m sure you’ve seen, I’m running a competition this month to give away twelve copies of the new, sparkly edition of Mistletoe and Murder to my fans – and today is another chance for my website followers to win!
All you need to do is comment on this post (not any of the previous ones!) before 23:59GMT TODAY (this is also important – I can’t accept comments after that time) telling me why you’d like to win.… Read more
December 8, 2017
Mistletoe and Murder tour – 2017 edition!
I have a beautiful, shiny new edition of Mistletoe and Murder out this year (the same book as last year, with a Christmas short story first featured in Cream Buns and Crime), and so last week I went on a tour of schools all over the country, to tell lots of people about Hazel, Daisy and their crime-solving adventures!… Read more
December 4, 2017
#TwelveDaysofMurder Competition – Day 4!
UPDATE: We have a winner – it’s Yulia! But if you didn’t win, check back on Saturday 9th when there will be another chance to win on this website!
Hi Detectives, it’s December – and that means that the #TwelveDaysofMurder competition has begun!
I’m giving away ONE copy of Mistletoe and Murder every day until 12th December, across my social media – which means that you have to go hunt for where I’m giving away a copy each day.… Read more
November 24, 2017
The Twelve Days of (Mistletoe and) Murder Competition is Coming To Town …
Good news, Detectives: Christmas is just around the corner!
This year I’m feeling extremely festive already. There’s a new sparkly foil Puffin edition of Mistletoe and Murder out now, and next week I’ll be touring ten schools in five days to bring murderous Christmassy joy to as many children as I can.… Read more
November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving Book Recommendation video!
Happy Thanksgiving, Detectives!
This year, as usual, I’m celebrating with plenty of pie – here’s my November news and recommendations video for you to enjoy whether or not you’re eating turkey tonight!
November 22, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery at the BAMB Readers Awards
As you may know, The Guggenheim Mystery was shortlisted for the BAMB Readers Awards this year.
The ceremony was last night, and I had a wonderful time. All of the other authors shortlisted in the children’s category are lovely people – in case you were wondering: yes, children’s authors do all hang out together, and yes, we are all really friends!… Read more
November 20, 2017
A Spoonful of Murder – The Bookseller Review
A Spoonful of Murder isn’t out until February 8th 2018 (which is actually less than 4 months away now!), but last week it was given its first review by the publishing magazine The Bookseller. And it’s a really wonderful one!
Fiona Noble says ‘Stevens’ writing and plotting is sharper than ever’, and she comments on one of my own favourite things from the book: that Hazel takes the lead in this mystery!… Read more
November 15, 2017
NaNoWriMo and Murder Most Unladylike
Once upon a time I had an idea that wouldn’t go away. It was a story about a boarding school where one teacher murders another and the case is solved by two girls who are best friends. Even though I’d been thinking about this idea for a long time, I’d never actually had the courage to write it down.… Read more
November 13, 2017
Mistletoe and Murder – new foil edition!
If you go into a bookstore between now and Christmas, you may get a very exciting surprise … my brilliant publishers Puffin have decided to release a special SHINY edition of Mistletoe and Murder to celebrate Christmas 2017!
This is the same book you enjoyed last year, with one small bonus – the short story ‘The Case of the Missing Bunbreak’ that first appeared in Cream Buns and Crime is now included in the back.… Read more
November 10, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery has been shortlisted for the Bookling Award 2018!
More good news for The Guggenheim Mystery – it’s been shortlisted in Glenthorne High School’s Bookling Award 2018.
It’s up against some really tough competition, so I’m delighted to see it on the list. Huge thanks to librarian Lucas Maxwell and the pupils of GHS – I’m really looking forward to all of the fun Bookling activities Lucas has planned throughout this year!… Read more
