It was a Children’s Book of the Year in The Times and was adapted for the stage by Barb Jungr and Sam Lane at the Little Angel Theatre. That Christmas, my fourth book for children, There May Be A Castle,was published. With the agreement of my brother and his agent and editor, I finished the book for him, and The Death of an Owlwas published in 2016 by W&N. In 2014, the sequel to T he Last Wild, The Dark Wild,came out (Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize) The third book in the series, The Wild Beyond, came out in 2015 and was shortlisted for Islington Book of the Year.Īfter my father Paul died in 2013, I found his last unfinished novel amongst his papers. That same year, I married Will Tosh, who is Head of Research at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. The book has been published in 14 other countries, including the USA and China. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. My first children’s book, The Last Wildwas published in 2013 by Quercus Children’s. Before writing books, I worked in theatre and television as a producer, helping other people tell stories. I was born in 1974 in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people.
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