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SPLINTERS

A dark, introspective YA (12+) with a couple of creepy bits and plenty of personality (or personalities).
AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
Nominated: 2025 Yoto Carnegie Award
Shortlisted: 20025/2026 Southern School Book Awards
Longlisted: Spark Book Awards 2025

ELECTRIC LIFE 

The story of a girl in a hi-tech world who discovers life isn't a game, but it's worth playing.
​YA (12+)
AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
​WINNER: Hants SLS book awards
WINNER: Bristol Teen Book Awards 2025
WINNER: 2025 Iris Award
Shortlisted: Portsmouth Book Awards 2025
Shortlisted: St Albans Book Awards
Shortlisted: Redbridge book awards 2024

​Longlisted: the 2025 UKLA Award
Longlisted: Spark Awards 2024
Longlisted: ​2024 Yoto Carnegie Award
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EDUCATORS! 
Free learning resources to go with Day of the Whale, with writing and comprehension exercises. 

CLICK HERE

DAY OF
​THE WHALE

Set on an island ruled by whales, this is an eco-thriller that looks at how truth and beauty can be sacrificed for greed.
​(MG 10+)
AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
Nominated: 2023 Yoto Carnegie Award
Longlisted: Spark Awards 2023

​READ, SCREAM, REPEAT
A middle-grade horror anthology compiled by Jennifer Killick, including my story: THE LIGHTBULB

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WHEN FRANKIE MADE
​A HUMAN

a fun, spooky story about what makes a monster

AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
Shortlisted: 2025 Stockton Book Awards

MORT THE MEEK 
A humorous series about boy who fights for peace in the darkest of places.

TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS!  The brilliant Scott Evans a.k.a TheReaderTeacher.com has created a learning resource to go with Mort the Meek, full of comprehension and writing exercises. Click to download. LEARNING RESOURCE

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JIM REAPER
"Life isn't easy when your ​dad is Death"
A dark comedy series with illustrations by Jamie Littler


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Discover Jim Reaper!
He has his own website that looks at how the stories and illustrations came to life.
JIM REAPER ​WEBSITE
FREE STORY

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THE SECRET EXPLORERS

A series of fact-filled fictional adventures! 


LITTLE ANIMAL RESCUE
Packed with adventures and animal facts, with a little pinch of magic! Now on audio. 
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All Little Animal Rescue titles available on audio through Little Acorns
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Some Little Animal Rescue titles ​available in ​Polish and Czech.
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SUPER CUTE ​series​
​Characters bursting with fun in a world of cute. 

Developed for the PIP BIRD brand for Egmont/Foreshore 
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THE DAILY JOKER 
With a belly-wobbling joke for every day of the year, and joking tips and challenges aplenty, this is the year you'll become the funniest person you know!
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ILLUSTRATED BY THE AMAZING
NIGEL PARKINSON
​OF BEANO FAME
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LISTS FOR CURIOUS KIDS:
​THE HUMAN BODY


Discover your body's most curious bits and pieces, snot, gunk, veins blood; the most muscly gymnastics events, freaky human body museums and the worst cures for the Black Death.

LEVEL READERS

Helping kids grow confident in literacy with original, lively stories, written to entertain and move them along in their reading journey.
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