Links

  • My UK publishers, Hodder Children's Books (338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH, +44 (0)20 7873 6000) - www.hodderchildrens.co.uk
  • My American publishers, Holiday House - www.holidayhouse.com
  • My agent, Elizabeth Roy, to whom I owe such a huge amount - www.elizabethroyliteraryagency.co.uk (Illustrators' site only)
  • CWISL - Children's Writers and Illustrators in South London. Our members, all published writers and illustrators, many of us award-winning, all live south of the Thames in London. We are a co-operative promotional group who visit libraries, schools, fairs and festivals and offer workshops and talks for children and adults. See our website on www.cwisl.org.uk
  • I belong to an informal group of published writers for children called The Scattered Authors' Society (SAS). There are now about 150 members across the country, and you can see our website at www.scatteredauthors.org
  • A beautiful writers’ centre in Wales that runs writing courses for groups from schools. I began writing The Night Walker here - www.tynewydd.org
  • The Arvon Foundation also runs courses for would-be writers, and has four different centres set in lovely countryside - www.arvonfoundation.org
  • I was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award for a first novel with The Ice Boy, and it also runs a competition for young writers under 19. For details of this, go to www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk
  • A first-rate, informative website that publishes reviews of children’s books and interviews with authors - www.writeaway.org.uk
  • An excellent on-line subscription magazine for anyone involved in children’s books, that publishes children’s book reviews, features and news - www.armadillomagazine.com

Some writer friends, whose books I think you’ll enjoy:

 
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