Hello,
I've had my head down this year working on my second novel, which is going to be a new stand-alone middle-grade .
This time, I’m leaving Venice’s canals behind and heading over to the wild coastlines of Ireland. My Irish Grandmother passed away this year, in January, and I’ve been thinking about her a lot. She was one of my best friends so it was a big loss.
I can see why this novel has appeared. It’s about her and also about grief in general, as well as about the dark Irish fairytale creatures, such as the Pooka, the Wild Hunt, the Giants and the Banshee… I wanted to write something a bit dark and magical, which still had all that lightness, love, humour and heart that I so love in middle-grad fiction.
This story is about Orla, her younger brother, Apollo, and sister, Skye, who all go stay with their Granny Ireland over the summer holidays only to be thrown into a world of untrustworthy fairies who steal their Gran away. It is left to Orla, Apollo and Skye to get Gran back… provided they can get on with each other first.
I’m really proud of this new story and I hope you’re going to love it too.
More coming soon.
