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Kim Slater

Kim Slater

  • 5 stars across 4 books
Kim Slater honed her storytelling skills as a child, writing macabre tales specially designed to scare her younger brother! A self-employed education-budget manager across several Nottinghamshire inner-city schools, she gained a first-class honours degree in English and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University at the age of forty and went on to pursue a MA in Creative Writing. Taking her literary inspiration from everyday life, Kim's debut novel, Smart, brings a brilliant new voice to the world of children's books.

Kim lives in Nottingham with her partner and has one grown-up daughter.
12th February 2015

Smart: A Mysterious Crime, a Different Detective

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize and longlisted... MoreSmart: A Mysterious Crime, a Different Detective

(6 reviews) Review
24th March 2016

A Seven-Letter Word

'My name is Finlay McIntosh. I can see OK, can hear perfectly fine and I can write really, really well. But the thin... MoreA Seven-Letter Word

(3 reviews) Review
18th May 2017

928 Miles from Home

Fourteen-year-old Calum Brooks has big dreams. One day he'll escape this boring life and write movies -proper ones, wi... More928 Miles from Home

(3 reviews) Review
17th May 2018

The Boy Who Lied

Ed Clayton is a liar. It started when his dad went to prison and now he can't seem to stop. When his younger brother, ... MoreThe Boy Who Lied

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  • A Seven-Letter Word

    A Seven-Letter Word

    This is definitely my favourite of all of Kim’s books. Finlay is so good with his words being an avid Scrabble player so it made me feel really sad ho...

  • The Boy Who Lied

    The Boy Who Lied

    it's a great book but i feel like the ending was a bit under-whelming. it had a prettty good back-stabbing plot....

  • The Boy Who Lied

    The Boy Who Lied

    Pip’s favourite book is Smart so she wanted to read some more books by Kim Slater. I wanted to keep reading this to her as there were so many cliffhan...