Meet The Author

I was 9. I wrote a poem at school and finished it off at home. My teacher loved it! That success inspired me to carry on writing. I wrote more poems. I went on to write my first novel aged 11.

Slithering Facts

facts about Africian Land Snails There are three different kinds of snails: freshwater snails, sea snails and land snails. These facts are all about land snails.

Pen To Paper

Do you live around Alton? Are you aged 7-11 or do you have a child of that age with an interest in writing? If so, these lively and interactive 6-week creative writing courses for Key Stage 2.

School Visits

Key Stage 3 Creative Writing Educational, hands-on author visits with the snails that inspired the series of books, madaboutsnailbooks, are available on request. With over 20 years on school visits, Sarah has worked with individual groups of children, whole year groups or all the way through from Reception to Year 6 in one busy day. Sarah has run weekly creative writing courses in Alton over the last 12 years for children aged 7-11. She is a member of NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education).

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I'm taking things easy, slowing down in Autumn, before I go into hibernation. Until I disappear for three months I'm mostly eating. Eating as much as I can. Got any spare cucumber? Send it my way!