Nicky Schmidt's Blog Posts Tagged 'Absolute' (7)

Julia Churchill is a dynamic, well-respected literary agent with Greenhouse Literary Agency, an international agency, started by Sarah Davies in 2008. Greenhouse represents some of our lovely SCBWI-BI pals - Jon Mayhew, Sarwat Chadda, Harriet Goodwin and Leila Rasheed – and many more besides. Julia is also involved with SCBWI-BI and gives generously of her time. Although Julia and I have not yet met, we’ve had several email interactions and Julia always strikes me as being friendly,…

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I was fortunate enough to meet literary agent, Erzsi Deàk at last year’s South African SCBWI conference. The first thing that struck me was Erzsi’s humour, the second was her enthusiasm and willingness to give of her time, the third was her knowledge of the industry, and the fourth was her no nonsense approach.

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I read Tamsyn Murray’s My So-Called Afterlife in a few hours and totally loved it (and promptly read the sequel My So-Called Haunting). Both books crack along at a terrific pace and are vivid and gripping. Despite the darker side of murder and loss in My So-Called Afterlife, the book is really funny courtesy of the contemporary and lippy voice of the main protagonist, Lucy Shaw. Likewise, My So Called Haunting offers up the same reading pleasures, and I have to say, reading Tamsyn’s books,…

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I first encountered Keris Stainton many years ago in the blogosphere, where we tended to visit several of the same blogs. I knew Keris was writing a young adult novel and was delighted when I read that she’d been published. Her novel, Della Says: OMG! was published last year and Keris’ second novel Jessie ♥ NYC is due out in July this year. 

In this interview Keris and I chat about her books, writing, inspiration and YA content - which means, yes, we talk about sex. 

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I devoured Savita Kalhan’s debut novel, The Long Weekend, in a couple of hours. Aimed at over 12 year olds, The Long Weekend is a gripping and terrifying read which is not only a first rate reality horror story, but also a singularly cautionary tale about the terrible things that can happen when you accept a lift from a stranger……

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Darkly sinister, Chris Priestley’s The Dead of Winter, is a shiveringly delicious tale of terror which will be thoroughly enjoyed by all children from 9 and older who love a good horror and mystery story. I’ve never been a fan of horror but I found the Dead of…

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Helen Grant’s Young Adult novel, The Glass Demon, is one of the most gripping and chilling crime thrillers I’ve read. I absolutely loved it, even though my knuckles whitened as I read the book!…

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