Glis-Glis Publishing

I have had 17 books published to date, on topics from children’s education to the role of women in WW2, from hand-built ceramics to the history of knitwear. And then there are my four novels for children: Below the Green Pond, Saving the Dinosaurs, Under Buckingham Palace (originally, The Sludgegulpers) and The Egyptian Princess. Each of these four novels is based on painstaking research, whether of life under a pond, in the Cretaceous Age, in the London sewers (yes, I did go down them for several hours!) or in Ancient Egypt when the first true pyramid was built. In each case this research, as reviewers have pointed out, is woven into a taut, fast-moving story line. Here are a couple of examples: Below the Green Pond: ‘Owen’s underwater world is both beautiful and treacherous. Natural history turned into an exciting adventure, much enjoyed by a wide age range.’ (Voted among the Pick of the Year by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups) ‘A story mixing fact and fantasy in absolutely equal proportions. Very readable, for every age group.’ (Times Literary Supplement). Saving the Dinosaurs: ‘In my view this book has the best device a children’s book could have, which is a perfect blend of reality and fantasy’ (Jill Murphy, children’s author). ‘Fantasy and reality blend into an exciting story for all dinosaur fans’ (The London Parents guide). ‘This highly imaginative fantasy is coupled with much factual evidence about life in the late Cretaceous Age and provides an exciting read’. (Angela Lepper, teacher). Under Buckingham Palace: ‘An enjoyable fantasy, with serious facts: for confident readers”. (Independent on Sunday). Sadly, despite reviews such as these, all three books went out of print until I set up Glis-Glis Publishing and brought them out myself, adding The Egyptian Princess as a sequel to Saving the Dinosaurs. New readers are enchanted by my books. But what I am really looking for is an established publisher – with the infrastructure for marketing and distribution – to take them on and give them a proper boost. And any publishers interested should know that I have nearly finished two more books. The first is ‘Weather or Not’: a novel for ages 9-90, for Geography students, those who go out to sea in boats and all who are interested in how the weather is made … because the likes of Malin, German Bight, Faroes, Fair Isle, Sole and all the others are actually real creatures, combined into two groups, one fighting to keep the world’s weather in balance, the other intent on increasing global warning. An exciting adventure story with a message and warning for us all. The second is ‘Me Jane’ (remember Tarzan?), a memoir of my life from 4 year’s old until I go off to Oxford as an 18 year old art student. The grammar, vocabulary, feelings and memories change and mature as I get older; and it is all based on my own diaries , as well as those of my mother and grandmother.