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    How to Survive Your Debut Year As a YA Author
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    How to Survive Your Debut Year As a YA Author

    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...
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    How I make money as a YA author
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    How I make money as a YA author

    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...
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    The Guardian: Summer reading – 100 best holiday books for 2019
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Guardian: Summer reading – 100 best holiday books for 2019

    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...
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    Refinery29: The Best YA Books Written By Black Women That You Haven't Read Yet
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Refinery29: The Best YA Books Written By Black Women That You Haven't Read Yet

    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...
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    Buzzfeed: 31 YA Books by Black Authors That You Won't Wanna Miss
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Buzzfeed: 31 YA Books by Black Authors That You Won't Wanna Miss

    Black authors + YA novels = two of our favourite things!
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    BookTrust: Oh My Gods Review
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    BookTrust: Oh My Gods Review

    Although the book is essentially witty and slightly absurd, it deals with challenges and experiences that many teens can identify with.
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    Metro: Interview
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Metro: Interview

    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...
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    Pride Magazine: Interview
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Pride Magazine: Interview

    The author of exciting new book Oh My Gods opens up about putting young black girl magic on the page.
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    The i Paper: Interview
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    The i Paper: Interview

    Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard: mythology, racism and cringey moments in a fresh teen novel
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    A guide for authors planning school visits (Part Two)
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Feb 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    A guide for authors planning school visits (Part Two)

    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...
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    A guide for authors organising school visits (Part One)
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    A guide for authors organising school visits (Part One)

    Taking part in author visits is the most unexpectedly wonderful aspect of being a YA author so far.
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    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    #WriteMentor 2019

    This year, I'm very excited to try my hand at mentoring one YA writer and help with their submission package to agents (first three...
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    Gal-Dem: Meet the artists creating portraits of Britain's black icons
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    Gal-Dem: Meet the artists creating portraits of Britain's black icons

    As part of a campaign with Adobe Stock for Black History Month 2018, talented illustrator Dorcas Creates centred me and Malorie Blackman...
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    Let's Chat Cash
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    Let's Chat Cash

    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...
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    Oh Comely: 5.30am
    Alexandra Sheppard
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Oh Comely: 5.30am

    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...
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