Books
I am delighted to be represented for all fiction and non-fiction, both adult and children's, by Eve White Literary Agent
Books for Young People
My first two history books for 9-12 year-olds for Weldon Owen Books, Grisly History: Death and Destruction and Grisly History: Trials and Trickery were similtaneously published in the USA by Little Bee books as Hideous History.
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August 2017 saw the publications of Festivals and Celebrations and Myths and Legends, both for 5-7 year olds, by 360 Degrees Books.
Adult Non Fiction
I have the great pleasure of working with the wonderful fine artist Christine Nicholls, who creates extraordinarily delicate artists' books.
Our first collaboration, Columbia Road, was published by The Summer Press in 2016. Our second book, Holly, was published in October, 2017.
The Atlas of Monsters was published on 5th October, 2017 by Big Picture Press.
One day a collection of very old maps in found in a dusty library. They show where in the world monsters from mythology and folklore can be found. According to the notes left with them they were made by Cornelius Walters, an intrepid explorer from the 15th century. But did Walters really make these elaborate maps, or is it all a hoax? The librarian who discovered them is not certain ... and what are the strange messages in a cryptic code that Walters records in his ship's log?
On 14th February 2018, I was honoured to have written the first book for the new 20 Watt Imprint, The Anthology of Amazing Women. So far it's gone down really well. In the second week of March it was into its first reprint and in June it was included in the Guardian's Top Children's Non-Fiction books.
My latest book for 30 Degrees is Transport and Travel, published in July 2018
October 2018 sees the follow up to The Atlas of Monsters, The Atlas of Heroes. Same team; Sandra Lawrence and Stuart Hill and published by Templar...