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  • Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan returns to his action-adventure S.T.E.A.L.T.H. series with a new mission, Storm Rising (Nosy Crow). When he was 16, Jason Rohan talked his way into an internship at Marvel Comics in New York, where he sold his first story; later he taught En...

  • Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero

    Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero

    Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero, a story about following your dreams. British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia Casale is an author, writing consultant and teacher living in Buckinghamshire. She has a PhD and teaching qualific...

  • KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young

    KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young

    Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenagers who take a day off school. KL Walther was born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, dogs, a...

  • Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue

    Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue

    Judith Eagle introduces her latest historical fiction novel, The Great Theatre Rescue, which takes us back to bustling theatre land in 1930's London.  Judith is also the author of The Stolen Songbird, The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair and The Accidenta...

  • Ben Lerwill introduces Wonder World: Earth

    Ben Lerwill introduces Wonder World: Earth

    Discover the world beneath our feat in Ben Lerwill's new book, Earth, the first in the Wonder World series.  Ben has been working as a freelance travel writer for over 15 years. His work has appeared in more than 50 national and international publications, from The Sund...

  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow). When Alastair Chisholm was a kid, he wanted to be a computer programmer, an author, and an ast...

  • Thomas Docherty

    Thomas Docherty

    Thomas Docherty tells ReadingZone how his own daughters helped inspire his latest picture book, Moon Girl.  An author and illustrator of children's picture books, Thomas's books include the award-winning The Hare-Shaped Hole, Little Boat<...

  • Laura Dockrill

    Laura Dockrill

    Laura Dockrill, a performance poet and novelist, introduces her new picture book, I Am Strong Just Being Me, which explores what we mean in being strong. Laura grew up in Brixton and attended the Brit School and has always written creatively - from poetry to novels and...