Guess who’s here today? None other than the award winning author, Patricia Elliott. Patricia’s an old friend of GHB – regular readers will remember that she’s guest blogged with us before. Patricia’s dropped by to share how she wrote her latest Connie Carew Mystery, THE SHIP OF SPECTRES. A huge welcome back to GHB, Patricia. … Continue reading
Happy New Year, readers! And our first guest blogger of 2017 is Lisa Thompson, who’s written the brand-new The Goldfish Boy, a book we’re totally dying to read because it sounds amazing! Matthew hates germs and going outside, so much so that he’s practically trapped in his own home. But one day Teddy, the toddler … Continue reading
At the start of The Impossible Clue, before she’s caught up in the case of a disappearing scientist and a missing invisibility suit, Alice Jones is working on a much more mathematical mystery. “I was trying to prove Goldbach’s Conjecture, but I wasn’t getting very far. Maybe it was the fact that it hadn’t been … Continue reading
Patricia Elliott writes novels for older children and young adults. Some of them are fantasies and some are thrillers with a historical setting, mixed with suspense and romance. Patricia has recently turned her hand to writing for a younger audience with her new series The Connie Carew Mysteries. The books are aimed at middle grade readers … Continue reading
Today is the 1st of February, which means one thing: from today, my book Arsenic for Tea is Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. I’m absolutely delighted, and incredibly honoured, to have been chosen. I’ve been a long-time fan of the Book of the Month scheme: as an ex-bookseller myself (I’ve worked in both Waterstones … Continue reading
Helen Watts has worked in publishing for 25 years, editing books on a wide range of subjects. Now, after years spent shaping other people’s words, she writing her own. She’s here today to tell us where she gets the inspiration for her books. Welcome to GHB Helen. People often ask me how I come up … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I got home late and turned on the lights, only to find rooms in disarray. We had been burgled! As you can imagine we called the police, then started sorting through our scattered possessions, so that we could work out how much had been taken. Eventually we realised what was missing. … Continue reading
Anne Booth writes both picture books and compelling middle grade fiction about friends, families and the small but significant choices we all face every day. Girl With a White Dog is Anne’s first book and has been described as, ‘a book that will change hearts and minds.’ A very warm welcome to GHB, Anne. Stories … Continue reading
QUESTION: What links gorillas with one of the bestselling authors of all time? ANSWER: To be revealed at the end of this post. *mysterious music* OK, here are some clues. But, beware… some might be red herrings! – The house in the picture is called Greenway. It’s the summer house of an author who bought … Continue reading
I have a new book out, published last week, in fact. It’s called ‘Everything Is Fine (And Other Lies I Tell Myself)’ and you can probably guess from the title that it’s partly about pretending you’re OK when you’re not. It’s about other things too, like 15 year-old Esther being miserable at the start of … Continue reading
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