My debut year flew by in a flash yet feels like a lifetime ago. It was emotional, transformative and deeply exhausting in ways I’m only just beginning to pro...

Money is a critical topic for authors. But frustratingly, it’s one of the topics that’s least talked about in any meaningful way. If I want to know how to wr...

Fourteen-year-old Helen’s teen angst is compoun­ded by her family’s weirdness: her dad is strict, her half-sister is a nightmare – and all of them are Greek ...

Oh My Gods is a quirky family drama with a mythical twist. How do you juggle homework and high school when your dad is Zeus, your sister is Aphrodite, and yo...

Black authors + YA novels = two of our favourite things!

Although the book is essentially witty and slightly absurd, it deals with challenges and experiences that many teens can identify with.

Alexandra Sheppard is an author. She says she didn’t realise how much being mixed-race meant to her until it all started pouring out in her debut novel. Read...

The author of exciting new book Oh My Gods opens up about putting young black girl magic on the page.

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard: mythology, racism and cringey moments in a fresh teen novel

Are you a school looking to book me for an author visit? Step this way. In this post, I shared my tips for reaching out to schools and getting booked for sch...

Taking part in author visits is the most unexpectedly wonderful aspect of being a YA author so far.

As part of a campaign with Adobe Stock for Black History Month 2018, talented illustrator Dorcas Creates centred me and Malorie Blackman in her artistic piec...

I was the first guest on Let's Chat Cash, a podcast about women and their money. In this episode we talked about making money as an author, guilt around spen...

Before the world wakes, I coax my dreams into reality. I wrote for Issue 44 of Oh Comely about how I used the early hours to draft and edit my novel. Learn M...