When young Princess Laura secretly rescues a baby dragon from the royal hunt the dragon predicts that - alas one day in the future she will be the cause of his death. As Laura's 18th birthday approaches, her father presents her with a choice of suitors: a noble prince from each of the 4 surrounding kingdoms. Laura's chosen suitor must kill a dragon to prove his worthiness to the King. What can she do to make sure that doesn't happen? A laugh aloud book about a very independently minded princess.

There aren't no such things as tree trolls! - said Jamie (7) when his uncle (that's me) said it was tree trolls who'd been stealing food from their backpacks whenever they went for picnics in the ancient woodland surrounding their cold house in Underhill Lane, perched part way up the North slope of the South Downs and a mere foggy walk betwixt Ditchling Beacon and the Jack and Jill windmills in Sussex. Well, we can all be wrong sometimes. In this tale you will learn what's really beneath the hill in Underhill Lane, some Saxon history concerning a long forgotten battle on Brighton beach, a myth of hidden gold and some real magic too.

He? - disillusioned English Lit undergrad, wannabe writer. She? - has a proposition.

In this swash-buckling, comedy saga, a legendary Portsmouth pirate ship, frozen in an iceberg by an arctic storm, thaws out due to global warming and sets sail once more, unaware how much the world has changed since the 1700s.

No one believes in goblins any more, not even in the pretty little village of Privett in Jane Austen country (in Hampshire). But tonight goblins have kidnapped young Alex from his bunk bed. It's dark. The trail's getting cold. How do his family track the goblins and get him back?

Set in a dystopian future the Last Book tells of the kindness of strangers, the wickedness of those who prey upon those seeking peace and the makings of new history.

The Goblins are Coming! - is a shoot 'em up western themed dystopian adventure, the writing of which began (in 2001) with these two lines of a longer verse rattling through my head: The goblins are coming, one, two three. Hide in the cellar. Hide in the tree. This text is the 2005 version of the short story (16.7K words) which I shared with 6 beta readers who said make it longer, but otherwise has never been published before. It hung around in my mind for the next 2 decades and inspired the worldscape of the forthcoming epic novel (230K words) - The Last Book.

Als die junge Prinzessin Laura heimlich ein Drachenbaby vor der königlichen Jagd rettet, prophezeit ihr der Drache, dass sie leider eines Tages die Ursache für seinen Tod sein wird. Als Lauras 18. Geburtstag näher rückt, präsentiert ihr Vater ihr eine Auswahl an heiratsfähigen Freiern: einen edlen Prinzen aus jedem der vier umliegenden Königreiche. Lauras ausgewählter Freier muss einen Drachen töten, um seine Würdigkeit gegenüber dem König zu beweisen. Was kann sie tun, um sicherzustellen, dass das nicht geschieht? Ein Buch zum Lautlachen, das man der ganzen Klasse gerne vorliest.

Es sind moderne Zeiten (so modern wie es dort eben zugeht) im verschlafenen Dorf Privett in Hampshire mit seinen spitzen Kirchtürmen, im guten alten England. Niemand glaubt mehr an Kobolde. Aber das hindert sie nicht daran, Unfug zu treiben! Eine illustrierte Gutenachtgeschichte mit Drama, Lachern und Wendungen. (Mit einem Gastauftritt der Schriftstellerin Jane Austen als sie selbst.)

Perfecto para lectores que aman las historias que combinan la vida cotidiana con encuentros mágicos, «Jamie y el trol del árbol: una nueva leyenda de South Downs en Sussex» ofrece un viaje fantástico al misterioso paisaje de South Downs, prometiendo aventura, historia y un toque de auténtica magia.

Lorsque la jeune princesse Laura sauve secrètement un bébé dragon de la chasse royale, le dragon prédit qu'un jour, hélas, elle sera la cause de sa mort. À l'approche du 18e anniversaire de Laura, son père lui propose un choix de prétendants : un noble prince de chacun des 4 royaumes voisins. Le prétendant choisi par Laura devra tuer un dragon pour prouver sa valeur au roi. Que peut-elle faire pour que cela n'arrive pas? Un livre hilarant que toute la classe prendra plaisir à écouter.