Happy book birthday to Spellhound, the first in the Dragons of Hallow series! I’m so excited to have this book out in the world at last, and am dying to Continue reading

I have a competition running at the moment, where you can win a copy of my new book, Spellhound. All you have to do is write a story involving a Continue reading

To my astonishment and delight, Ella and the Ocean was declared the winner of the Minister for the Arts Prize for Books for Children and Young People at the 2022 Continue reading

It feels as if it has been an awfully long time coming, but at last it’s publication day for Rita’s Revenge, the sequel to A Clue for Clara. The duck Continue reading

It’s only a month and a half until Rita hits the shops, and I’m starting to think about launches and book trailers. I’ve never actually made a book trailer before, Continue reading

I used to have chooks, which was really helpful when I was doing research for A Clue for Clara. But I’ve never had ducks. Luckily, there are dozens of them Continue reading

One of most useful things I’ve learnt over the years is that no two books can be written the same way. I used to think that I just had to Continue reading

At an online ceremony last weekend, A Clue for Clara was declared the winner of the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for Best Children’s Crime Novel. Hooray! You can watch Continue reading

I am absolutely delighted to see that A Clue for Clara has been shortlisted for the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards! These awards come up once a year for Continue reading

I was a dreadfully anxious child. At the time, it seemed to me that I was the only one in the world who felt like that, and I became very Continue reading