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Emma Carroll

Emma Carroll is a secondary school English teacher. She has also worked as a news reporter, an avocado picker and the person who punches holes into filofax paper. She recently graduated with distinction from Bath Spa University's MA in Writing For Young People. The Girl Who Walked on Air is Emma's second novel. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.

Genres: Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

July 2024

The Houdini Inheritance

Novels

   Frost Hollow Hall (2013)
   The Girl Who Walked On Air (2014)
   Strange Star (2016)
   Letters from the Lighthouse (2017)
   Sky Chasers (2018)
   Secrets of a Sun King (2018)
   When we were Warriors (2019)
   The Somerset Tsunami (2019)
   The Ghost Garden (2021)
   The Week at World's End (2021)
   A Night at the Frost Fair (2021)
   Escape to the River Sea (2022)
   The Little Match Girl Strikes Back (2022)
   The Tale of Truthwater Lake (2022)
   The Houdini Inheritance (2024)

Collections

Make More Noise! (2018) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

In Darkling Wood (2015)
The Snow Sister (2015)

Emma Carroll recommends

The Bone Hunters (2024)
Joanne Burn
"Joanne Burn is fast becoming my go-to historical fiction writer. The writing is both beautiful and brutal, the pace an incredibly tense, deftly-handled unearthing of something monstrous. A tale of hardships and social misfits and finding liberty in a world designed to deny it."

The Manor House Governess (2023)
C A Castle
"A brilliantly queer take on the Victorian governess archetype. Conceptually clever & beautifully written."

Where The River Takes Us (2023)
Lesley Parr
"What a story. What a writer. Simply stunning."

Saving Neverland (2023)
Abi Elphinstone
"Having written the sequel to a much loved book myself, I totally understand how exciting yet nerve wracking it is- and such a responsibility!- to tackle a story so many people know. And Abi Elphinstone was the perfect choice to write this adventure- it's full of Abi's trademark wit, wonder & high-stakes action and has the most brilliant cast of characters. Martha is a superb reluctant hero and Peter, the boy who lives for adventures, is quite a complicated individual! It honestly felt like reading a true classic. I think it might be Abi's best book yet."

The Heroines (2023)
Laura Shepperson
"Thrilling, menacing, heartbreaking. An ancient story for modern times. So gripping the pages almost turn themselves!"

While the Storm Rages (2022)
Phil Earle
"A truly brilliant story of courage and resilience and exceptional animals. This wartime Incredible Journey (only far, far better) is definitely Phil Earle's best yet."

The Light in Everything (2022)
Katya Balen
"A bold, bright story of blended families, and how two remarkable children cope when their lives change dramatically. Katya Balen's writing fizzes with her trademark originality and voice. This is another stunningly good read from one of my favourite authors."

The Key in the Lock (2022)
Beth Underdown
"It's eerie, claustrophobic atmosphere is reminiscent of Du Maurier . . . there's a poignancy to the writing that's so beautiful."

The Chime Seekers (2021)
Ross Montgomery
"A quest like no other: Ross Montgomery is on spectacular form in this brilliant, edge-of-your seat story about magic, unlikely alliances and talking signposts."

Everyday Magic (2021)
(Alfie Blackstack, book 1)
Jess Kidd
"Everything you'd expect from Jess Kidd, with an especially naughty twinkle in its eye! I loved it."

Tinsel (2020)
Sibéal Pounder
"I absolutely ADORED it! A really funny, clever, brilliant play on all the Christmas tropes. It just has to be made into a movie!"

The Unadoptables (2020)
Hana Tooke
"A corker of a story. I loved the writing, the setting, the STUPENDOUS action scenes, how well-paced it was, with such drama, revelations, plot twists and the loveliest of final lines... and one of the most satisfying endings I've read in a long while, with the promise of more in the epilogue. Bravo, Hana - what a book!"

How High the Moon (2019)
Karyn Parsons
"So many things about this book were brilliant. A beautiful, funny, dangerous tale of growing up in Jazz Age America, How High The Moon is essential reading, full of voices that must be heard. One of the best stories I've read in a long while."

A Pinch of Magic (2019)
(Pinch of Magic, book 1)
Michelle Harrison
"BRILLIANT."

Owen and the Soldier (2019)
Lisa Thompson
"A clever, thought-provoking story."

The Children of Castle Rock (2018)
Natasha Farrant
"I stayed up all night reading it!"

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