When I saw Moose Allain's beautiful sketches of crows, I immediately wanted one tattooed on me...

Moose was amazingly kind and we agreed a creative swap: I'd send him my books and he would give the freedom to use his sketches. I got in touch with Market Quarter Tattoo,...

I am the least well-travelled person I know and so, it felt like a huge adventure to travel to The Netherlands for Yaltival - an amazing one-day celebration of all things YA. 

I had the time of my life. Doing a panel with Emily Barr and Stephanie Garber was the biggest...

I really love chatting with book groups and it was a particular pleasure to visit Emma Suffield’s brilliant group of passionate readers at St Wilfrid’s School, Blackburn. The school is fortunate to have a large and well-equipped library, including a space for quiet rea...

Every author crosses their fingers and hopes they love the cover that the designers come up with for their book. Because covers sell books - I know this is true because I've lost count of the people who tell me they picked up INK or SPARK purely because of their excell...

I have had the loveliest evening at Bolton Library, talking about Ink and Spark. The whole event was set up by Mark and Raeesa who are 'imaginators', working towards their silver arts award. They did an incredible job of advertising the event, asked great questions and...

I held my book for the first time yesterday. 

I feel strangely protective. I'm full of anxious hope that people will like it and also quietly relieved it's finished and finally here.

You can preorder SPARK at Hive, Amazon, Waterstones or your local indie bookshop. Hive i...