Last week Keren David was our invited author to talk about ‘Becoming a Writer.’ Keren is the author of several YA books, the ‘When I was Joe’ trilogy, Lia’s Guide to Winning the Lottery, and her latest novel Salvage.

Keren talked about her writing history, from writing stories about her friends at school, to becoming a journalist at the Independent newspaper. After living for eight years in Amsterdam, she turned to fiction writing, and on returning to London enrolled in writing for children course at City University.

Keren showed us some of her notebooks for the book she is currently writing, a romance set in Amsterdam. The girls had lots of questions for Keren and it was a very informative and enjoyable session.