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@debraperrin63 @BerlieDoherty @annecassidy6 @publishinguclan @WorldLibrarian1 @booksfortopics Berlie, I think your Carl in THE HAUNTED HILLS & my music-loving Adam in CHILDREN OF THE STONE CITY would understand each other, crossing all boundaries of their v different environments. Isn't this the fascinating thing about character & connections we can make as human beings?
Big thanks @nikkigamble @imaginecentre for interviewing me for #AnAudienceWith re CHILDREN OF THE STONE CITY. Such a pleasure to have in-depth questions requiring real reflection, rather than off-the-cuff answers. I look forward to engaging with readers of all ages in due course!
Adam & Leila's story so long in my head, it's hard to grasp it'll be out in the world in USA next week & in UK just the week after!
"A timely, powerful, relevant story" Kirkus Reviews
"[Readers] will find themselves immersed in Adam’s desperate struggle" School Library Journal
Another lift for grey day frm a teacher w whose class I zoomed this wk! Parent emailed to thank her for fostering love of reading & organizing zoom. "O has been raving about it & has even told his grandma in New York all about the book. We have already ordered it for her to read"
Here's a shout-out to @sophinse who helped me get on Twitter 8 yrs ago to focus on my biog of Neil Aggett. Neil found hanging in apartheid detention cell yet "no one to blame". Sophie became my v fine editor @TinyOwl_Books; now VP @IBBYINT & Head of @templarbooks. Many congrats!