Stephen Davies

Welcome. My name is Stephen Davies and I am a children's author writing picture books, chapter books and teen novels. I have lived in Africa for ten years, working with World Horizons amongst Fulani cattle herders. My books are set in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

Month: May, 2011

Outlaw blog tour

by Stephen Davies

How many guest posts constitutes a ‘blog tour’? Two? Three? I think my tour takes in three. Still, it’s been enjoyable and (cue elderly-man-being-discharged-from-hospital voice) everyone has been most kind. First was the inimitable Bookwitch, who wants to run around town waving a copy of Outlaw at every potential reader she can think of. (Go [...]

Published: May 10, 2011 | Filed Under: Outlaw

Gretel the Gecko

by Stephen Davies

Here’s a poem I wrote a while back. It makes me laugh – hope it does you too. Gretel the Gecko was hanging about In a grass hut in Guinea Bissau. ‘What’s that sound?’ Gretel said. ‘Is it just in my head? Did somebody somewhere say MIAOW?’ Oh no! Who is that? It’s Zoro the [...]

Published: May 9, 2011 | Filed Under: Uncategorized

OUTLAW is now OUT

by Stephen Davies

My new book OUTLAW, a thriller set in Burkina Faso, is now in bookshops and also on Amazon (Outlaw). The first review came in yesterday, and thankfully it’s a good’un. Here’s a thirty-second book trailer to whet your appetite…

Published: May 5, 2011 | Filed Under: Uncategorized