In primary school, one teacher secretly submitted a story of mine to the school newspaper, where to my great surprise, it was published. I also had some wonderful English teachers throughout school who encouraged my writing. She’d get up to drive me to the bookstore at 7am when the newest Harry Potter was out. My mum was always reading and encouraging reading. ĭid you have anyone that encouraged your love of books, reading and writing when you were younger? My friends and I were obsessed with it.Īnd same goes for The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody. Looking for Alibrandi by Merlinda Marchetta was (and still is) one of my all-time faves from when I was growing up. It’s a book that’s true to its name… A war is brewing and my cast of characters must unite to take a final stand against the enemy.ĭid you have a favourite OzYA book when you were growing up?Ībsolutely. The story follows on from the previous two books, with 19-year-old magic-wielder, Bleak at the helm, trying to save her people from destruction. My new book is called War of Mist, and it’s the third and final book in my YA fantasy trilogy, The Oremere Chronicles. It was about a clown and a kitten who ran away from the circus… Riveting stuff! Let’s go back to the beginning.have you been telling stories since you were a kid or was writing something you fell in love with as an adult?ĭefinitely been writing since I was a kid! One of the first stories I remember writing was when I was about six or seven. Welcome to the LoveOzYA blog, we’re so happy to have you here! War of Mist, the much-anticipated final book in Helen Scheuerer’s YA trilogy The Oremere Chronicles has just hit the shelves and Helen has kindly taken the time to answer some questions about her books, writing process and love of reading.

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