SHORTLISTED FOR
THE ANGUS AWARD and
THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2001
Reviews of The Crying
" You won't be able to put it down -
but beware - you might want to read
this with the light on...."
BBCi Blue Peter Books 13/12/2002
" Nail-bitingly scary."
Daily Echo 30/11 2002
"...a satisying spooky but also
warmly realistic story." Inis Autumn 2002
SHORTLISTED FOR
THE LANCASHIRE CHILDRENS'
BOOK OF THE YEAR 2003
Her novels are inspired by her travels
in both body and spirit to other places
and other times. From Ancient Egypt
to Cornwall, from Brighton’s West Pier
to the Battle of Britain, from the
British Museum to the Electric Cinema,.
she finds her inspiration in past and
present, real and imagined worlds.
