Author: Megan

Once again, the brilliant artist Devin Elle Kurtz has exceeded herself and painted the most glorious cover I could possibly imagine along with the amazing design team at Harper Collins Children’s Books. I am particularly obsessed with the rising sun, the blooming fireworks in London Overhead (from an exciting scene towards the end!) and Astrid’s beautiful wings. The description of the book is below and I’m so excited that it will be published in April 2026!

Take flight to save the secret city in the sky, in the heart-stopping finale to the soaring Starminster trilogy.

London Overhead, the secret city hidden in the stars, is the only place where Astrid has ever felt at home. But when the enchantments protecting the city mysteriously start to glitch, everyone who lives there is plunged into danger.

As the grown-ups abandon the city, Astrid refuses to give up her wings and go back to her old life on the ground.

It’s up to Astrid and her friends to save their home, but they’ll have to unravel the darkest secrets of London Overhead, before time runs out, and the magic is gone forever …

Devin Elle Kurtz (illustrator) and Kate Clarke (designer) truly blow my mind every single time. Working with an artist has probably been the most rewarding part of publishing. I think it’s because art is such a vivid and immediate way of showing the effect that writing can have on the imagination. When I see this cover, I think ‘oh – the artist and designer read it. They understood the sparkling, celebratory atmosphere I was trying to convey, the celestial funfair I sought to describe. And most of all, they understand Astrid, with her party dress, and her wings, and her hope.’ I’ve always felt that Devin loves Astrid – there’s such tenderness in her portrayal of my main character. I find that very moving, because I love her too.

Thank you so much to everyone who was involved in creating this magical, light-saturated piece of art that I am privileged to have on the front of my book. And thank you for reading it, entering my suspended city, and reflecting back to me the emotions I felt as I wrote it with consummate skill. I’m proud of this book, now more than ever, and I hope with all my heart that readers will love it. Please do preorder if you’re able (link below) – it makes a real difference to me as a writer early in my career.

Starminster: The Month of Birthdays (Starminster, Book 2)

It’s been three weeks since Starminster came out, and I still find myself sneaking into bookshops to visit it, half-disbelieving that it will actually be there, waiting for me. My book. The book I wrote with such delight and pleasure and excitement. It’s in the hands of children now, and that has been the greatest joy of all. I’ve only met a few children who’ve read it so far, but they have been so sweet and lovely about it.

I’m a secondary school teacher myself so I’ve also had the privilege of seeing it, sitting quietly on a desk during my lesson. There was even one lovely student who was near to the end and was definitely reading under the table during my grammar lesson. I didn’t reprimand him!

HarperCollins Children’s Books organised a beautiful launch for me at Nomad Books in Fulham, and my entire family flew in from Northern Ireland. So many wonderful friends came along. There were dozens of Starminsters, and Starminster biscuits staining the children’s mouths blue, and even a bottle of Nosecco so that my extremely pregnant self could partake! It was a wild blur of happiness and celebration, the stuff that dreams are made of, and one of the very best nights of my life.

I realise my website is extremely neglected. The sad truth is that I am still not completely certain how to work WordPress which hasn’t helped! But I’m going to try to post more regularly. I will soon have a newborn again, though, so no promises!

If anyone has read Starminster, I would love it if they left me a review somewhere! Reviews are very important to writers early in their careers.

Designed by the incredible Devin Elle Kurtz, the cover for Starminster still stuns me every time I see it. I can’t wait to hold this book in my hands!