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Nicki Thornton has always loved to disappear into the world of stories. She has worked as a journalist, but decided she preferred the world of books and ten years ago opened her own bookshop, Mostly Books, in Abingdon, which won New Bookshop of the Year in 2008. Talking to so many enthusiastic children about reading, taking authors into schools, as well having children of her own, has all made her rediscover her own love of children’s books and made her want to try to make the leap to write her own, which is even more fun than reading them. She was thrilled to be longlisted for The 2016 Times Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition with 'The Firefly Cage' a locked-room murder mystery set in a magical world where nothing is quite as it seems. She was previously longlisted for The 2013 Times Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition for 'The Sleeping Beauty House': a mystery story about a girl who seeks the truth behind a seven-year-old unsolved murder (yes, she really, really likes mystery stories). Her favourite children’s books from childhood are The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton. Nicki can be found on Twitter as @nicki_thornton
Jo Wyton is a geologist and aspiring adult. She has no shame whatsoever when it comes to reading children's books in public, and can usually be found with at least two in her bag. In the time when she isn't reading or looking at rocks, she writes contemporary teen fiction. Her favourite children's books are: Matilda, by Roald Dahl; Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke; and Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. Jo lurks on Twitter cunningly disguised as @JoWyton.
Good to run into you all again, albeit in cyberspace. Lovely website. I've finished my book and have been accepted to self publish by Feed-A-Read, although I may try a few agents first. Hope to see you in the flesh sometime,
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I am wondering if you are accepting children's books for review - I have just published two books. juliastebbing@stickybunpublishing.com
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