Children's Fiction

Lottie Saahko, author of Lumi & the Wolf

Lottie Saahko: ‘Even if you want to teach a child something, you should first and foremost write a good story’

In this interview Lottie Saahko, author of the debut adventure story Lumi and the Wolf, shares her advice on writing for younger readers. 'My parents always read to me at night before I began reading myself, and because we moved so often, many of my best friends were fictional.

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