Katya Balen
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Author of:
- Foxlight,
- Ghostlines,
- Letters from the Upside,
- The Light in Everything,
- Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader,
- The Magician of Saltstone,
- October, October,
- The Space We're In,
- The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion,
- The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates,
- The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City
Biography
Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Her debut novel, The Space We’re In, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award, October, October won the Yoto Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award, and The Light in Everything was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. When she’s not writing books, Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake and attempt to keep her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dog.