Today on Middle Grade Mavens we are doing something a little different. We have a wonderful interview with a truly inspiring writer.
Pamela chats to Hayley Chewins, a middle grade author with two great books soon to be in the world. http://www.hayleychewins.com/
Hayley grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, in a house so full of books that she learnt to read by accident. She’s fond of telling people that she writes books about magical girls with secrets—even if that’s not an actual genre. Her books are literary fantasy, or surreal fairy tales, or weird magic. (Or: all of the above.)
Her debut, The Turnaway Girls, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2018 and made the American Library Association’s Amelia Bloomer List of Best Feminist Books for Young Readers. Her second book, The Sisters of Straygarden Place, is forthcoming from Candlewick Press on September 15th, 2020.
Hayley lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with her soulmate/husband/fellow coffee addict, Liale, and their toy poodle, Darfer.
Her book the Turnaway Girls is available in all good book shops world wide: http://www.hayleychewins.com/the-turnaway-girls
The Sisters Of StrayGarden Place is coming soon: http://www.hayleychewins.com/the-sisters-of-straygarden-place
Want these in your local library? Here's what you will need.
Title: The Turnaway Girls
Format: Book
Author: Hayley Chewins
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date: 19 September 2018
ISBN: 9780763697921
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