US news and vote for me!

A very quick hit from my holiday (which I'm still on, so leave me be!) to say the excellent news that I've agreed a deal with Penguin Press to publish my next adult novel The Crane Wife in America!  That looks to be later next year, and they publish amazing folks like Zadie Smith and Ali Smith, so I'm delighted.

I'm also extremely delighted to say that A Monster Calls has won the Staffordshire Teen Book Award, which is voted on by young readers, so that's just brilliant.  Many, many thanks to everyone involved.

AND the Russian version of The Knife of Never Letting Go has been nominated for an award there, and you can help by voting for it!  Just go here, press the blue button underneath the Knife book jacket (the one with the boy and the wolf), then "like" it on Facebook.  I've got great publishers there, and they'd love your support.

Now, back to the sun...