​A New Kind of Beautiful is OUT NOW and is this month's Readings YA Book of the Month! Pick up your copy from your local bookstore or online. And let me know what you think!

  

So, I've been working on a YA novel...about beauty, belonging and choosing real over perfect. A story that reminds us that being different isn't something to hide. And I'm so excited to share the cover and introduce Paige: fifteen, wildly talented and plotting her art-world takeover - first the school art prize, then New York. Until her vision starts to change. And Paige, who has always known how to capture the world on canvas, has to work out how to live in it, when everything starts to blur.
Can't wait to share 'A New Kind of Beautiful' with you this August. Inspired by my aunt who lost her sight as a teenager, this one's close to my heart and made all the more special by the stories shared with me by so many in the vision loss community, in the hope, that together we might build a kinder, more inclusive world.

Never imagined my first novel, The Wrong boy, would inspire an opera. La Pianista di Auschwitz (Italian edition) is playing Verona and a swag of other cities in Jan and Feb!  

​So thrilled that Inkflower has been chosen by kids across Australia as their pick for Book of the Year for Older Readers at the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Huge thanks to everyone who voted and to the Children's Book Council of Australia for inspiring kids to read. Big gratitude too, to Walker Books Aust and my lovely editor Irma Gold.

So thrilled that Inkflower will be winging its way to the States and Canada (in hardback!) September 10. If you want to get your hands on a copy, you can pre-order here.

​Well, this was a nice surprise! Inkflower has been shortlisted for this year's Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA)Wow! Got to love an award that is voted by kids. And one that encourages them to read, recommend, rate and reward their favourite Aussie books. So thrilled to be among such a list of epic reads. If you have a teen at home, grab one of these awesome books for them. They're all beautiful, heart-stopping reads. And get voting!