Tag: YA thriller

  • Blackfin Sky and Purge are on sale!

    There’s a January sale happening over at Firefly Press’s site, which means there’s a whopping 50% off some of their excellent YA titles – including 2 of my books, Blackfin Sky and Purge. The sale ends on 31st Jan, so hurry if you’d like to grab a great bargain and support a small but mighty…

  • 5 Random Questions with Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author of Hatchet Girls

    In this month’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Diana Rodriguez Wallach about her latest heart-pounding YA horror, Hatchet Girls. Inspired by the Borden murders, Hatchet Girls kicks off in modern day with a new grisly crime scene in the town where those infamous axe murders took place back in 1892.…

  • 5 Random Questions with Sarah Wishart, author of Four Good Liars

    In December’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) Sarah Wishart shared a behind-the-scenes look at Four Good Liars, her brand-new YA thriller about four teens who find a huge stash of stolen money – and each of them has a reason for wanting to keep it. This book is packed with plot twists…

  • 5 Random Questions with Kate Anderson, author of Here Lies Olive

    In September’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you did) I interviewed Kate Anderson about her creepy and mysterious new YA novel, Here Lies Olive. In it, Olive lives in a sinister town where death and the macabre are celebrated, but since a near-death experience left her with questions about what comes after, she’s had a…

  • ‘A Taste of Darkness’ is out today

    This YA anthology, curated by Amy McCaw and Maria Kuzniar and featuring stories by 13 young adult authors – including me! – has finally arrived, just in time for Halloween. Buy now I’m thrilled to have a story featured in this collection, and one inspired by a legend that’s very close to home for me.…

  • 5 Random Questions with Triona Campbell, author of A Game of Life or Death

    If you missed my August newsletter (catch up HERE if you did) I interviewed Triona Campbell about her brilliant speculative YA thriller, A Game of Life or Death. In the book, 17-year-old Asha – still reeling from finding her sister’s dead body – must take on the mysterious VR tech company her sister worked for…

  • A Taste of Darkness comes out in one month!

    That’s right – it’s almost time for this stunningly chilling YA anthology to hit bookshelves in the UK when it releases 14th September, but there’s still time to preorder it if you’d like to make sure you’re one of the first to get your hands on it. If you’d like to preorder a copy (please…

  • 5 Random Questions with Claire Fraise, author of They Stay

    5 Random Questions with Claire Fraise, author of They Stay

    In this month’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Claire Fraise about They Stay – the first book in her YA supernatural thriller series, where Shiloh’s little brother is abducted, and it seems like the only clues she can find as to what happened to him come via the spirits haunting…

  • A Taste of Darkness – announcing a new YA horror anthology

    I always love reading short story anthologies. They’re perfect for just dipping into when you have a few spare minutes, and have introduced me to tons of new authors whose longer novels I then go on to read. Which leads me to my exciting news: I’m thrilled to have been asked to contribute a short…

  • 5 Random Questions with J.P. Rose, author of The Haunting of Tyrese Walker

    5 Random Questions with J.P. Rose, author of The Haunting of Tyrese Walker

    In this month’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed J.P. Rose about her YA debut, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker – a terrifyingly gripping horror story about a boy who goes with his mother to visit their family in Jamaica following the death of Tyrese’s father, and finds long-buried secrets and…