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Hi, and welcome to my website.

There’s lots of great news to share with you all.

Major and Mynah Competition Poster


The fourth and final Major and Mynah adventure is out now – and I’m running a Design a Poster competition to celebrate. In Project Puffin, the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives are in a race to solve a new mystery. When they discover puffins coated in waste oil that has been dumped in the sea, they must find out who is to blame. Can our intrepid trio crack the case before more damage is caused to precious sea life and the Welsh coastline? Read more about the competition here. It closes on Friday, 11th April, so get creating!
 
Read here about how Skomer Island inspired me and why caring for our environment is so important in my blog post for the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
 
Project Puffin is published by Firefly Press, illustrated by Louise Forshaw, and perfect for readers age 6+. Buy the book here or at a bookshop near you.

Disaster Dad book cover


Disaster Dad is a bestseller in Ireland! Chicken Chaos is the first in a series for readers aged 7+ that I’m writing with Irish rugby legend and TV star Donncha O’Callaghan. It’s a laugh-out-loud family story full of disastrous D-I-Y, bonkers baking, and some ear-piercing chickens! The book reached number two in the Irish children’s charts and was the 5th bestseller for 2024, despite only being published in October. The paperback edition will be released in the UK in May 2025.

Major & Mynah with Blue Peter Book Club Logo


The first Major and Mynah adventure is a Blue Peter Book Club read and it featured on the BBC TV children’s show in the summer. Four lucky readers got to fly in a helicopter on their quest to solve some tricky clues and find the treasure. You can see their fantastic animation and check out the BBC Bitesize guide to the book here.
 

 

Happy reading,

Karen Owen