“I cant find anyhting normal to read!”

These were the words of a young teen in a Borders Bookshop a few years ago. And she was right. There wasn’t anything ‘normal’ for her to read. She was simply confirming how there was a gap in the market for young tweens and teenagers. Anything without magic wands, dinosaurs crashing through the garden, morphing, […]

Out on a limb, doing the unthinkable. Offering them something ‘real’ to read…

Since the amazing Harry Potter phenomenon, it seems that there has been nothing to offer 11-16 year olds to read other than magic, fantasy, or teens killing each other off… all very cool, but what happened to real characters in real situations? Are books with believable characters really dead now? Do we really have to […]

Carved Reminders of a Frightening Past

I love writing realistic, believable adventures for young teens (and anyone else interested) that are based around history, where the reader can learn something interesting that they might not have learned at school. The books follow the adventures of four teenagers, whose archaeologist parents work together excavating ancient sites in different parts of the world. […]