Middle Grade – Marie Basting – Children's Author, Manchester

Auntie Medusa is Here!

And it’s a hat-trick for Basting! My third book Auntie Medusa and Me hit the bookshops yesterday. This girl standing in the ancient city of Ephesus could never have imagined writing a series crammed full of Greek and Roman myth. But somehow I did. Keep dreaming big! Auntie Medusa and Me is an epic middleContinue reading “Auntie Medusa is Here!”

The Truth About Marie Basting

Marie mostly speaks the truth particularly on Tuesdays when she teaches synchronised swimming to mermaids and helps out at a shelter for homeless goblin.

Counting down to Princess BMX – saving Sir Jeffrey and other stuff

I promised in the run-up to the publication of Princess BMX, I’d tell you more about the book and the inspiration behind it. On that note, I’d like to share with you an interview I recently did for Words and Pictures, the SCBWI British Isles on-line magazine, about my debut journey. Click on the linkContinue reading “Counting down to Princess BMX – saving Sir Jeffrey and other stuff”