Liz Flanagan is a children’s author whose work has been widely translated. She completed her PhD in Creative Writing: Teen Fiction in 2017. Her PhD novel Eden Summer was published in 2016 by David Fickling Books, and went on to be nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second novel Dragon Daughter was published in 2018 and won the 2019 Leeds Book Award and the Calderdale Book of the Year; and its sequel, Rise of the Shadow Dragons, was published in May 2020. The final part of this trilogy, The Pirate’s Dragon, was published in March 2024. Liz’s latest series – Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest & Wildsmith: City of Secrets (UCLan Publishing) – is illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton. Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest was Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month in February 2023, was Winner of the UKLA Awards 2024 (7-10 category), Winner of the Spark Book Awards (7+ category), Winner of the Stockton Book of the Year Award, Winner of a Fantastic Book Award 2024, was Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2023, and the Book Awards St Helens. The final book in the series will be published in October 2024. Liz speaks about creativity, works with young people in schools, and teaches in many different settings. See lizflanagan.co.uk / @lizziebooks for more information.