Summer Highlights: My Candlewick Press Presents podcast
Earlier this year I was invited to do a Top Secret project with my wonderful U.S. publisher, Candlewick Press, which published the American edition of my Blackhope Enigma trilogy.
(By the way, happy 25th birthday, Candlewick!) They were producing a series of podcasts with their authors and I was […]
Jet Black Heart News!
This is a pretty cool surprise: JET BLACK HEART has been shortlisted for the 2016 Coventry Inspiration Book Award in the 11-16 ‘Rapid Reads’ category. It’s in a splendid list of eight books by great authors. That list will go through elimination rounds and be whittled down to three finalists.
NEWS FLASH: On […]
Spooky Halloween Reads: The Shadow Lantern and Jet Black Heart
I’ve been loving having two spooky books published recently! The Shadow Lantern, the final story in The Blackhope Enigma trilogy, is out in the USA and Canada, and my stand-alone teen book, Jet Black Heart, is out in […]
JET BLACK HEART is here!
Last week I had a busy and fabulous week touring around Scotland, culminating in the launch of my new teen book, Jet Black Heart, from Barrington Stoke.
I started the week in the Inverclyde area, leading book-making workshops for children […]
Welcome to the Writing Process: An Author/Illustrator Blog Tour
My talented friend and former art school classmate, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, invited me to share a bit about my writing and illustrating process as part of the ‘Welcome to the Writing Process: An Author/Illustrator Blog Tour’ (thanks, Maryann!). We are also part of a vibrant online community of children’s book illustrators and I’ve been in awe […]
Inspiration and Aspiration 2014
Happy Second Half of January! By now we’ve all had plenty of time to assess 2013 and make wishes for 2014. Here are a few things I’ve been thinking about.
Top creative experiences in 2013:
Launching two new books for children and young people. In May […]
Revisiting FLY HIGH! The Story of Bessie Coleman
I spent yesterday introducing three groups of Edinburgh schoolchildren to the wonderful role model, Bessie Coleman, whose story I illustrated years ago. Since I began writing and illustrating my own books, I have spoken less about the picture books I illustrated, so I was really pleased […]
At the End of a Busy Spring
My silhouette along with that of a raven, my character Fausto Corvo’s symbol. Photo by M Barbour.
Was it only seven weeks ago that we launched The Shadow Lantern? I’ve […]
My new websites!
It’s official! I have two new websites that are linked under one umbrella – or should I say tree? It’s taken months to get all the materials together for my new author site and to update my illustrator site, but I think it was well worth the effort.
It’s wonderful to have the sites ready in […]