This is the first time I've been nominated for an award, and it's for my first picture book - voted for by the young readers. I've never been to Cambridge either (that's where the prize giving will be in June). Lots of firsts for me here - so exciting!

My publicist emailed me this clipping from the July Observer. Not only was it a fantastic review, but 'Bob & Rob' was compared to one of the most celebrated burglar books ever; Allan Ahlberg's 'Burglar Bill' - what a steal!

What a trip down memory lane. I went back to my old infant school in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire to read my debut children's picture book 'Bob and Rob'. The old Victorian building was just the same (but loads titchier than in my six year old mind), and the kids were a brilliant reminder of what it [...]

I'm proud to announce that my first children's book 'Bob and Rob', a comic caper about a robber and his dog, is in print. I kept my original copy of 'Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2003' on the shelf, which served as a constant reminder to never to give up my dream of writing and [...]