Picking up Stolen, I had minor fears that. I don’t know what it is, but international authors sometimes do not gel with my reading pleasure. I fell in love with author Cornelia Funke, but didn’t really care for the Tunnels series.

In her spare time, Lucy likes to walk her dog Dr Larch around the coast of Wales, as well climb the odd mountain. Find out more at . Books published through the Chicken House imprint are a mixed bag for me.

She has most recently published the novella ‘The Darkness’ as part of Three Strikes published by Firefly Press (2018) and the picture book Shadow published by Lantana Press (2019). Her debut novel Stolen (2009) was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and winner of the 2010 Branford Boase Award, Flyaway (2010) was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2010 and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal followed by The Killing Woods (2013) and Storm-Wake (2018). Lucy has published a number of highly acclaimed novels for young people. In this story of kidnapping and survival, 16-year-old Gemma leads the readers through a story of captivity. Her debut novel, Stolen, was part of her PhD in Creative Writing. Stolen Book Review: Lucy Christopher’s Novel Is A Must Read.

©2022 Lucy Christopher (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. After studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, she now works as a Reader in Creative Writing there and is Course Director for the MA in Writing for Young People. A companion to Lucy Christopher’s best-selling novel Stolen, Release explores a young woman’s discovery of the complicated truth about a relationship that once seemed alluring. Lucy was born in Wales and grew up in Australia, but now lives in Bath in the UK.

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