'A
writer of great talent' New York
Times
'Funny
and fabulous and moving and strange'
Jeanette Winterson
'Delightfully
weird' Gerard Woodward, The Guardian
'Very
funny' John Boyne
'His
writing cheers me up' Val McDermid
'A
page-turner in the very best sense
of the word' John Burnside, The
Guardian
'Delightfully
eccentric' Financial Times
'Irresistible'
The Times
'So
brilliant' Julie Burchill
'A
highly talented and clearly imaginative
young writer' Sunday Express
December
2012
I
write books for children and adults.
These books include The Radleys,
The Last Family in England, Shadow
Forest and To Be A Cat.
I
have a new book out in 2013. It
is called The Humans. I hope you
enjoy it.
Awards
include: TV Book Club Best Read, Smarties
Gold Medal, Galaxy Book Award (shortlist),
Yorkshire Young Achievers Award, Waterstones
Children's Book Awards (shortlist),
American Library Association's Alex
Award, Blue
Peter Book of the Year, Carnegie Medal
(twice commended)..
Film
Some of my books have made small steps
in the vague direction of the big
screen, Alfonso Cuaron is producing
The Radleys, The Last
Family in England is with Brad
Pitt's Plan B and The Possession
of Mr Cave is with Parallel Films.
International
My novels have now been translated
in 29 languages. Most recently Lithuanian.
Feel
free to contact me by facebook,
twitter
or email.
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