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April 4th, 2023

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

February 26th, 2023

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

September 29th, 2019

This week sees the publication of Haunted Warriors, the third and final book in the Rogues trilogy, in which the story of Duckling, Pummel, Otte and Sooli, comes to its Continue reading

July 28th, 2019

When I go into schools, kids often ask me, ‘In your books, who is your favourite character?’ It’s an impossible question to answer, because I love them all, even the Continue reading

June 23rd, 2019

The editing process for a novel is long and slow. But there are some really exciting moments in it, and one of the best is receiving First Pages from my Continue reading

March 17th, 2019

I’m setting out to read the shortlist for this year’s Aurealis award for Best Children’s Fiction. First on the list is Jaclyn Moriarty’s The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Continue reading

March 3rd, 2019

The very first of my books to appear on a shortlist was Museum of Thieves, in the 2010 Aurealis awards for Australian fantasy/science fiction. It was wildly exciting seeing it Continue reading

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