What’s Past is Prologue
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2015, Scottish Book Trust and the Edinburgh Inter Faith Association have asked me to speak about Rose Under Fire and the real events behind the story to school groups at Edinburgh Academy. The event will take place on 27…
The We Need Diverse Books Indiegogo fundraising campaign lasts till 10 December 2014. Help surpass the goal!
To celebrate the US & Canada paperback releases of Rose Under Fire, Shae over at Shae Has Left the Room is hosting a character interview with Lisette Romilly. We’ve also got four copies of Rose to give away. The giveaway ends 9 October 2014.…
Historical Adventures with Elizabeth Laird, Sun. 24 August, 4.30 – 5.30 p.m. at the Baillie Gifford Imagination Lab. Admission £4.50. Both The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird and Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein have settings in…
On Wed. 16 July 2014 at 6.30 p.m., I’ll be speaking at the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Series as part of their Teens program. The event is held at the Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium, Hill House Kaufmann Center, and is sponsored…
I’m going to ALA in Las Vegas next week – I’ll be signing at an Open Road Media “Meet the Authors” event in connection with The Winter Prince at their booth No. 242 in the Exhibit Hall on 28 June from…
As part of the 2014 SYNC title lineup, the marvellous audiobook of Code Name Verity, read by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell, is available free from 12-18 June 2014. It’s aptly paired with the autobiographical The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, a wonderful story…
From 9-12 June 2014, I’ll be joining the David Estes Fans & YA Book Lovers Unite group on Goodreads for a Q&A session about Code Name Verity. You do need to join the group to participate, but you can read along without…
I’ll be at Book Expo America in New York on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 May! Signings are Thurs. 29 May 9.15-9.45 a.m. at the MWA (Mystery Writers of America) booth (#2557); Thurs. 29 May at the ABA Lounge Reception,…
I’m going to have a story included in Jessica Spotswood’s new anthology, Petticoats and Pistols, which Candlewick Press has just acquired. The collection will be a bonanza of new historical fiction about amazing women. Mostly to be set in America,…