I'm chairing a panel at YALC this year! Joining me will be Alice Oseman, Gayle Forman, and Lauren Price to look at the different types of friendships made in YA - what a line up! You can catch us on the Friday at midday. Don't miss it! 

​You can find the full YALC line-up here.

I'll be chairing a panel on the Supernatural & Fantastical in YA at this year's Northern YA Literary Festival in Preston on July 21! You can find out more about the event here. Come along!

I'm really pleased to be chairing a YA fantasy panel with authors Sally Green, Alice Broadway, and Taran Matharu at Waterstones Piccadilly on May 4!

Sally is the best-selling author of the the Half Bad trilogy and will be talking about her new book The Smoke Thieves. Taran is the author of the best-selling Summoner series, and will talking about his new book The Outcast. Alice is the author of Ink, and will be talking about her new book Spark. 

Tickets are available here. Come along!

I'll be at Ilkley Words Fest, part of the Ilkley Literature Festival, where I'll be giving a pair of workshops on writing fiction on October 8th!

The workshops are for 12-18 year-olds, and they're going to be laid back and fun. Come along!

A speedy post to say that THE FALLEN CHILDREN has been included in Tutora's '90 Best Children's Books of 2017' list!

You'll have to scroll down quite a bit long way to find it, but it's there, I promise!

It's a great list, and given that we're only half way through the year who knows how many more amazing books we're going to be treated to?!

My second novel THE FALLEN CHILDREN is out now!

It's available in 360 different colour covers, as well as a special edition 'golden egg' edition. Find (and buy) it and you'll win an exclusive artwork poster by the amazing Alice Oseman!

​Or you can go pot luck with what cover you'll get and order from Amazon!

​And if you enjoy please consider leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads!

Just a quick note to say that I'll be giving a talk on Writing for Young Adults at Winchester Writers' Festival this year!

As a Winchester University alumnus that never managed to attend the festival while I was there, I'm really thrilled not only to go, but to be speaking too. Plus the whole line-up is ace. Come see me and a bunch of other people too!

Check out the full program here.

I'm really excited to announce that film rights to my debut book PANTHER have been sold to Element Pictures, the production studio behind Room and The Lobster.

​Here's a news item about it from The Bookseller. 

​It's early days yet, but the wheels are in motion, and it's all just very cool.

I'm incredibly pleased to reveal the cover my next book THE FALLEN CHILDREN!

What's that you ask? Why are there so many colours?! The Fallen Children is going to be published in 360 colours, each one numbered, so you have to hunt down the colour you want!

There will also be a 'Golden Egg' edition in every print run with inverted colours, making it super collectible.

This is incredibly cool, and something I don't think has been done before. The cover design is by Jack Smyth, and publisher Atom Books is amazing for getting behind the idea.

THE FALLEN CHILDREN publishes May 4, 2017!

I'm very pleased to say that PANTHER has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award!

This is the first award shortlist I've ever been on, so it's a bit bloody exciting! I'm also honoured to feature alongside so many amazing books.