Lights out till Dawn is my latest book. The hardback comes out on June 9th 2011, and the paperback, October 13th 2011.

This is a story of evacuation, which begins in September 1939, before war has been officially declared. Ten-year-old Hazel Morgan and her eight-year-old brother Peter are evacuated to the Sussex countryside. With her children gone and her husband John in the army, Rene Morgan misses her family terribly. When she learns that John has become a prisoner of war, she has to take on the highly dangerous job of firewatcher. Meanwhile, Hazel and Peter are desperate to go back home. When they return to the city, they are overjoyed to be reunited with their mother and Gran, but their father is still far away and the worst of the war is yet to come. As the air raids increase, the Morgans must face the terror of the Blitz together...

On 14th June I appeared on my first ‘television’ appearance, for an interview at Portsmouth Live: Portsmouth’s local online TV station. Watch me at Live @ Five with Sally Cronin where you can find out a bit about me and my writing.

I do hope you enjoy reading Lights out till Dawn.

Bye for now, Dee