MY SITE
YA Fiction
For many years, all I wanted to write was Young Adult (YA) fiction. When I was a young adult myself, this market was almost non-existent with just a few great writers to choose from, such as SE Hinton and Paul Zindel. I'm pleased to say that now the market is flourishing and getting the recognition it deserves.
My Titles
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Where Earth and Sky Meet
Fifteen-year-old Adie is painfully aware that he is not like other boys. For one thing, there’s his father, Craig Cooper – hell-raising former front man to Brit rock legends, Voodoo Mary. Adie has lived in his shadow all his life. Then there are the voices, which start after the death of his beloved grandfather. This traumatic loss seems to have unlocked the terrifying and unwelcome ability to see spirits. Adie is trying to block them all out.
In an attempt to keep him out of trouble for the forthcoming holidays, Adie’s mother suggests a summer spent at a remote country house in Norfolk. For Adie, it’s a chance to reconnect with his father. For Craig, with a recent, very public fall off the sobriety wagon, it’s four weeks away from London and all its ‘distractions’ to dry out. For both of them, it means confronting their demons head on.
But the house has demons of its own – secrets that have laid buried for more than a hundred years – and Adie quickly senses a malevolent entity that is far from happy with their presence. Putting his newfound skills to the test, what Adie ultimately learns about himself, his father and the house is beyond anything he could have imagined before.
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Available through Amazon on Kindle and in Paperback.
ISBN: 9798876640116
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NO MAN'S LAND
Fifteen-year-old Tom is rootless and restless, travelling the world with his guardians on their charter dive boat.
Sailing into a new port, he is surprised to meet up with an old friend, along with a group of misfits, all miles from the countries they once called home. They come together in a No Man's Land that is as transient as anything else in their lives. But can any of it last, especially when there is a cyclone bearing down on them?
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Available through Amazon on Kindle or in Paperback
ISBN: 9798707932717
A LEATHER JACKET
"I stood in front of my bedroom mirror...wondering what I saw...wondering what kind of life this jacket had had before now."
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Ever wanted to be someone else? To rewrite your own story? Maddie Finch has.
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At fifteen, she would like to be older, and wiser, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. To be more of a risk-taker like her alter ego, Maizie, the girl who lives in the stories Maddie secretly writes.
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But then one day, the story and the writer become forever intertwined and Maddie finds herself thrown into a world she is horribly unprepared for, hurtling towards an ending that she is struggling to control.
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ISBN: 9798711083634
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SECRETS
Subject: Secrets
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From: Briony Newman
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'Hello everyone. I've read your messages before but never actually posted one myself-until now. The problem is my stepfather. He beats my mother. I'm scared for Mum because she never seems to learn. But then I get angry-because I don't want to spend my whole life looking out for her.'
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Briony needs help, but who can she turn to? Her older brother doesn't seem to care anymore and her friends are too busy sorting out their social lives to notice. Every time Briony tries to protect her mum she just seems to make things worse. But one thing's for sure. She has to do something!
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Published by Livewire Books, The Women's Press Ltd, 2002
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ISBN: 0 7043 49779
MOHAN ALONE
In trouble at home and at school, fifteen-year-old Mohan feels confused and rejected...
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When his parents decide that their two younger children should 'go home' to India to be educated, Mohan is painfully aware that they don't want his brothers to grow up like him.
Left to fend for himself, his feelings of anger and self-pity boil over, leading him deeper and deeper into trouble.
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Published by Simon & Schuster, 1988
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ISBN: 0 671 69933 4