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.

Category: YA books

Visiting Year 7 at the Regis School

by Stephen Davies

It’s always nice to see a library at the heart of a school, and the Regis School library is the most central and accessible school library I’ve ever seen, situated in a sunny atrium just beyond Reception. It is a well-stocked, busy library with fantastic staff. I spent a very enjoyable morning visiting some Year [...]

Published: December 15, 2012 | Filed Under: Contact an Author, School visits, Writing Tips, YA books | Tags: : :

Visiting Year 8 at Henry Cort Community College

by Stephen Davies

I enjoyed visiting Henry Cort Community College last Friday and spending a morning with Year 8. Some fantastic thriller concepts came out of the workshops, some of which sent a chill down my spine! ‘Locked in a zoo’ and ‘Brother versus brother’ were just two that I remember out of many strong ideas. Well done [...]

Published: December 3, 2012 | Filed Under: Contact an Author, Hacking Timbuktu, Outlaw, School visits, The Yellowcake Conspiracy, YA books | Tags: : :

Hampshire ‘Meet the Author’ event

by Stephen Davies

Hampshire’s ‘Meet the Author’ programme aims to support literacy and to inspire reading and writing by giving children the opportunity to meet authors. My participation in the programme took place last Thursday, first at Berrywood Primary (with visiting pupils from Shambleshurt Primary) and then at the New Forest Academy (with visiting pupils from Blackfield Primary [...]

Published: November 28, 2012 | Filed Under: Contact an Author, Hacking Timbuktu, Outlaw, School visits, The Yellowcake Conspiracy, Writing Tips, YA books | Tags: : : : :

Author visit Christmas discount

by Stephen Davies

I am offering a 100 pound discount to the first three schools to book me for a visit during the week beginning 10 December. If I come into your school during that week, a full day (4 sessions – usually £350) will be £250 and a half day (2 sessions – usually £250) will be [...]

Published: October 18, 2012 | Filed Under: Author visit discount, Contact an Author, School visits, YA books | Tags: : : : : :

Visit to Chichester High School for Boys

by Stephen Davies

It was nice to do a visit close to home for once – this school is just around the corner from my daughter’s nursery. Many thanks to Miss Mootyen for hosting my visit, to budding authors Ethan and Milo for making my books into a very cool display down in the library, and to everyone [...]

Published: September 14, 2012 | Filed Under: Book reviews, Contact an Author, Hacking Timbuktu, School visits, The Yellowcake Conspiracy, YA books | Tags: : : :