Hello! The UK cover for The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away was revealed this week! It was designed by Katharine Millichope and illustrated by Melissa Castrillón, while the internal illustrations are by Elisa Paganelli (this is the same t...

Hello! This is a quick message to spread the news of a BUMPER giveaway, of a Reflecting Realities Book Pack - 26 books worth over £180 - from the amazing Letterbox Library, a children's bookseller with over 40 years experience celebrating diverse and...

Hello! My paperback copies of The Snow Girl landed and they are sparkly and gorgeous! So I thought I'd run a giveaway just for you newsletter subscribers, and let you know about the pre-order offer of a freebie print, but first here's a couple of spa...

Hello! I have a super exciting, sneaky early peek of the US cover for The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away for you today! It's created by the supremely brilliant Red Nose Studio, and the book publishes in the US with Scholastic in June 2026 (and is,...

Hello all,Somehow months have flown by since my last update... I’ve been busy writing away, but this newsletter will be about what I’ve been reading instead. I’ve picked some of my recent favourites to share, from picture books to adult fiction, so h...

Hello all!Today I can FINALLY share some news about my next two books! I am so excited about both of these and hugely proud of them too!First up, in April 2026, a sequel to THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS will publish! (the below isn't the final cover -...

Hello all!January has flown by for me… I’ve been busily working away, still mostly on short stories, which I’m still hugely enjoying – I now have a first draft of six tales, and a few of these have gone through second and even third drafts with the h...

Hello lovely people,A month has flown by since I last wrote to you, so I thought I’d squeeze in another update before the end of the year.Mostly, I’ve been working on the short stories I mentioned in my last letter. I’ve written a few more, and recei...