
Writer of the Spooksmiths series @Usborne. Rep’d by @linalanglee @northlitagency. Mostly on Instagram
Hemel Hempstead, East
Joined December 2009
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My first award! Thank you @LancashireSLS
🧟It was no grave mistake 'Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman' urned its place!
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and now it’s back from the dead to claim the top spot as the #FantasticBookAwards Group D winner, chosen by the children of Lancashire and beyond! #GoAllIn2026👻
Alex Atkinson retweeted
😍 FANTASTIC news! Tomorrow is the day!
We'll be joined by hundreds of school staff at County Hall in Preston as we reveal the 25 titles selected for this year's #FantasticBookAwards.
We can't wait to share them with you! Who's joining us?
#GoAllIn2026 #ReadingForPleasure 🎉
Alex Atkinson retweeted
🎉A huge thank you to all the authors, illustrators and publishers! A big shout-out to @Uni_Lancashire for being fantastic hosts for this morning’s #FantasticBookAwards 2026 celebration event!
A real celebration of reading! Full of stories, smiles and a shared love of books!📚✨
So lovely to be part of the FBA. Thank you @LancashireSLS, to all the schools who voted, to @ebbandflobooks and to the fabulous @Usborne
🌟Most importantly, THANK YOU to all the children & school staff who read, debated, judged and voted for our #FantasticBookAwards & #BrilliantBookAward winners – we couldn’t do it without you!
Here are some of your winning authors with their trophies #GoAllIn2026🏆✨
Alex Atkinson retweeted
I'm so happy to share that my wonderful @FaberBooks editors, Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross, and I have made the shortlist with #Augmented for the @BranfordBoase! What! Massive thanks to the judges, and congratulations to all the amazing authors and editors on the shortlist.
Replying to @BranfordBoase
On the #BranfordBoaseAward shortlist: Kenechi Udogu and her editors Natasha Brown & Jenny Glencross. "A very clever dystopian adventure, set in a well realised world. A book that goes well beyond the issues at its heart." The judges
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/sh…
Alex Atkinson retweeted
🏆Only 3 days left for our young judges to choose their #BrilliantBookAward and #FantasticBookAwards winners! Who will take the top spot?
Your vote decides - don’t miss your chance! #GoAllIn2026📚🥳
So lovely to join you @LancashireSLS for virtual school visits yesterday. Hope you enjoy book two as much as book one. I've read @clareharlow 's follow up to Tidemagic and it is utterly fabulous
❤️Friday Reads. FBA follow‑ups bringing pure magic & mystery: 'Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key' By @clareharlow, illus. @KristinaKister @PenguinUKBooks and 'Spooksmiths Investigate: Circus of Shadows' by @alatkinson @Usborne #readingforpleasure🗝️✨🤡🔮🦇
Thank you so much for inviting me to speak yesterday @LancashireSLS. I had such a lovely time to chatting to everyone ❤️👻
🎉 What a Friday! Over 400 excited children joined our virtual session with @alatkinson author of 'Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman' @Usborne
Inspired, joyful, and full of imagination - and the quiz was a huge hit too. Thank you for sparking such magic!❤️✨👻
Alex Atkinson retweeted
So proud of my contribution to this film as a co-writer. An insightful documentary about what it means to be a teenage girl who dreams of building rockets as she juggles school, ambition, friends and faith. ROCKET GIRL premieres 8 NOV 2025 at @TallinnBNFF 🚀#FilmFestival #docs
Alex Atkinson retweeted
Anyone in Wolverhampton on Friday and wants to pop in to @WaterstonesWton to do some free Halloween crafts or buy a signed copy of Grimogen Darkstar, I'll be there from 12-1pm 🎃👻📚🦇🐈⬛
#GrimogenDarkstar #Waterstones #Wolverhampton #halfterm #childrensbooks #Halloween
Q10. I’m not very good with advice but it would probably be to find some writing friends. I have a few key critique partners that I rely on to help me, commiserate with me and celebrate with me. It would be very lonely and not half as much fun without them. #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
10, Do you have any writing advice or tips you’d like to share? @alatkinson #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
A9. I’m having a go at writing funny middle grade. Not sure if anyone else is finding it funny, but I’m making myself laugh. #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
9, Can you tell us anything about what you’re currently working on? @alatkinson #ukteenchat
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A8. I can’t write a thing without my blood candle and badger skull ink well… Joking😄. I can write anywhere that’s quiet with a comfy chair. #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
8, Do you have any writing rituals or a specific place you like to write? @alatkinson #ukteenchat
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A7. I think I’m quicker and more focused than I used to be. I save all the worrying until after the story is on the page. At that point, I agonise over whether anyone will actually want to read it. #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
7, Has your approach to writing changed at all as you’ve written more books? @alatkinson #ukteenchat
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A6. Definitely. There's something creepy about the temporary, here today and gone tomorrow nature of them and then there are the acts themselves. Everywhere you look there’s danger and mystery – from the acrobats down to the clowns. What’s really behind the make-up and costumes? #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
6, Circuses seem to be such perfect backdrops for horror and spooky writing, did you find writing about one scary? @alatkinson #ukteenchat
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A5. Thank you for saying that. I’m all for a spooky setting and can think of nothing nicer than a walk through a graveyard. #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate
5, You create such vivid worlds, do you have a favourite spooky setting? @alatkinson #ukteenchat #spooksmithsinvestigate






















