Zoë spent fifteen years in the grown-up world before quitting her management job to write for a living (albeit mostly reports, funding bids and business cases). This was one of her better decisions and had the added bonus that it allowed her to complete the MA in Writing for Children and Young People at Bath Spa University.

Whenever she gets a free moment, Zoë can be found scribbling notes about her fantasy steampunk world. So far she’s turned these into two (and a bit) readable stories. A very early draft of one of these stories was longlisted in SCBWI’s Undiscovered Voices 2020 and the tided up version was shortlisted in the Mslexia Children’s and YA Novel competition. The other was featured in the Undiscovered Voices 2022 anthology.

Author: Middle Grade
Represented by Hannah Sheppard