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I've been a freelance writer and editor of non-fiction for children for over thirty years (ouch!). Think of any subject area and I've probably worked on a book about that topic: maths, history, craft, geography, science, world affairs, puzzles, natural history... I've covered all age groups too, from preschoolers to secondary. Oh, yes, and every possible market: library, mass market, schools.

 

In the past few years I have turned to writing fiction. It took a bit of umming and aahing before I was ready for the challenge of self-publishing, since I've been part of the traditional publishing world for a long time! I currently have three self-published young adult romance novels plus quite a number of unpublished manuscripts of various subjects and age ranges waiting for someone to snap them up! One of my novels was long-listed in the Times/Chicken House competition 2015 as well as 2016's Mslexia children's novel competition so I'm hoping another few years of writing and I'll be home and dry. I'm currently working on a book that involves friendship, family dynamics and witchcraft and also a fairy tale adventure.

 

I am passionate about children's fiction. For ten years or so I ran a local primary school library on a voluntary basis, running reading incentives and creative writing projects. I also wrote reviews for '1001 Children's Books' which was an enormous pleasure.

 

As a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, I was the editor of the weekly SCBWI British Isles online magazine, Words & Pictures.

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