https://kategilbysmith.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/9f272b23-fab5-42e2-84e0-249e21b880b4/twitter+photo.jpg Home Hello! My name is Kate Gilby Smith. I’m an award-winning children’s author and a commercial fiction editor based in London. My first children’s novel The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody was published by Hachette in June 2021. It won the Awesome Book Awards 2023 and was chosen for the Book Trust’s 2023 BookBuzz programme. It has been published in Dutch and Italian with further translations forthcoming. My second middle-grade novel, Olive Jones and the Memory Thief, was published by Hachette in July 2022 and was chosen as one of the Sunday Times Best Children’s Books for Summer, picked by Nicolette Jones who called the book ‘refreshing’. It was also selected as one of the Financial Times Best Children’s Books of 2022, chosen by James Lovegrove who called it ‘a rollicking espionage adventure’. Olive Jones and the Memory Thief has been shortlisted for the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award 2023 and was featured on the Scottish Book Trust’s Scottish Friendly Book Tour 2022. There’s more information here about my books, new writing projects, upcoming events and ways to get in touch about event bookings and school talks. Feel free to have a look around! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/49e8a300-a352-44c4-bf6c-418c7b624958/Olive+Jones+jacket.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/076fd4f0-f754-4a8e-b652-d907c035d4ab/The+Astonishing+Future+of+Alex+Nobdoy+book+jacket+%281%29.jpg https://kategilbysmith.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/8183e5b7-3daf-4d4d-8d4b-e346d73b894d/School+visit+1.jfif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/813b494a-65ad-465f-8d91-c4e07c1598e2/Olive+Jones+picture+1.jfif https://kategilbysmith.co.uk/books daily 0.75 2023-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/1608156190425-PDN6T6665CWHX2O08VFA/Astonishing+Future+-+Facebook.jpg Books - THE ASTONISHING FUTURE OF ALEX NOBODY Have you ever thought what it might be like if you were famous in the future? A brilliant middle-grade adventure for fans of Ross Welford - a story about friendship, courage and embracing our talents even when they make us stand out. On the day Alex was born, crowds surrounded the hospital. On her first day of school, people spied from the gates. And recently, strangers came to watch her perform in her school play ... as the llama. But why? Alex has always been a nobody. When a mysterious boy named Jasper starts at school, he alone seems to know the answer. But before he can tell Alex, he disappears ... into the year 2100. Can Alex brave traveling into the future to discover what's happened to him and to unravel the secret of her own astonishing destiny ... before time runs out? Available now at all bookshops and libraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fda67dc21850a40c5363a79/ee905d22-7ab7-422e-a698-7235dad5ee99/Olive-Jones-4.png Books - Olive Jones and the Memory Thief Olive Jones has just inherited her grandmother's memories. But her grandma has left her more than just memories; she's left her a mystery. And now it's up to Olive to solve it. After her grandmother's funeral, Olive learns she has inherited something unexpected: her grandmother's memories. Olive is surprised - her grandmother wasn't a cuddly, affectionate kind of grandmother. Curious about what she might discover, Olive sets out to 'watch' the memories. But before she can, they're stolen right from under her nose. Olive can't understand why anybody would want to steal the memories. As far as she'd known, her grandmother had always lived an utterly ordinary life. Following the trail of the thief, Olive begins to discover that her grandmother's life wasn't what she thought. As she unravels the secrets lurking in her grandmother's past, she discovers clues Grandma Sylvie left her. It's up to Olive to solve the mystery of the memory thief, and in the process, learn about the incredible life and adventures of the grandmother she has never really known. A contemporary story for 9+ readers with a futuristic twist, perfect for fans of Ross Welford. 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