The Seamaiden’s Odyssey is a coming of age story inspired by the mermaid’s pool in the Derbyshire Peak District. Published by UCLan, 5 September 2024.

In March 2024, I’m very pleased to be speaking at the 2024 Swadlincote Festival of Words and at Authors Assemble, Buxton. More details here.

Great news for 2024 is that Carnegie Award winner Granny Was a Buffer Girl is now available again!

To celebrate the new edition of Children of Winter I will be signing copies of this book (and also of The Haunted Hills) at a number of venues.

2023 opens with the great news that two of my most important books will be republished in beautiful new editions before the year is out!

Details of launch events in celebration of my new novel The Haunted Hills.

The very attractive glossy magazine Derbyshire Life celebrates my two new books this year, The Haunted Hills and Rose Doran Dreams, in a three-page spread.

I was recently asked to recommend five children’s books about asylum seekers and refugees for a popular book review site. Learn more here.

Rose Doran Dreams is now featured in an article in Writers Review, an online review blog by novelists Celia Rees, Linda Newbery and Adèle Geras.

I’m delighted to have been presented with the Sheffield Star Inspirational Women of Sheffield Award 2022, in the Marti Caine Entertainment category.