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Alex Atkinson

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Children’s writer of the Spooksmiths Investigate series with Usborne @northlitagency.bsky.social‬ ‪ @linalanglee.bsky.social‬ https://linktr.ee/alexatkinsonstories

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · 27d

It's alive! Join twins Indigo and Rusty on their second terrifying adventure. Thank you to everyone who has made these stories possible. Special mention to Usborne, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to Miriam Serafin

Spooky middle grade books with gorgeous, colourful covers that are perfect reading for dark and cosy nights

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 11

Circus of Shadows comes out a month today! This time around Indigo and Rusty catch a ghost train on a trip to die for. Links to pre order are in my bio. Thank you Usborne Publishing, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to ‪@miriamserafin.bsky.social for the beautiful cover

Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you so much David. I can't wait to share the next Spooksmiths adventure with everyone

Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks Wendy. I'm very excited to launch their new adventure

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jun 17

Roll up, roll up, the Spooksmiths are back! Prepare to be terrified out of your wits at the Circus of Shadows. Enter if you dare…
Spooksmiths Investigates: Circus of Shadows launches on 11 September 2025 with Usborne @linalanglee.bsky.social
Pre-order links in my bio.

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · May 20

@uvcompetition.bsky.social was the boost that I needed to keep writing. I'm a UV 2022 alumni and I met some lovely writer friends who kept me going until I got my agent and book deal. It's worth entering!

Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · Apr 29

Undiscovered Voices 2026 launches with a live online event on 22 May -check out our pinned post 👀

The competition is open to unagented and unpublished members of @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Europe. Some free memberships will be available for underrepresented writers 👇
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#UV26

Free Entry Opportunity — Undiscovered Voices

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · May 20

It sounds fabulous!

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Danni📚 @forbookssake.bsky.social · Apr 19

✨NEW REVIEW✨

Today I am sharing my #review of #SpooksmithsInvestigate #TheCinderman by @alatkinson.bsky.social! 👻📚💙

Here's what I thought:
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Review: Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman by Alex Atkinson

Hey everyone! Today I am excited to be sharing my review of Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman by Alex Atkinson with you all! Title: Spooksmiths Investigate: The CindermanAuthor:…

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! So lovely to hear that you enjoyed it. 👻

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Mar 3

Ghoulishly grateful today. The FCBG Children’s Book Award 2025 has been announced and Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman is on the Younger Readers shortlist with some truly amazing stories.
#FCBGCBA25 #Usborne #Spooksmiths #thecinderman

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you so much @robynnhyde.bsky.social for interviewing me for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words & Pictures about my debut journey. It's been quite a ride!

Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · Feb 18

It was lovely to catch up with @alatkinson.bsky.social about her #MG novel #SpooksmithsInvestigate #TheCinderman, published by Usborne. It's a horror-mystery series with squabbling siblings! Alex’s advice to new writers is spot on: "make writer friends"!

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DEBUT JOURNEYS Alex Atkinson

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 21

I'm very much looking forward to A Place of a Thousand Wishes 🪄

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 20

It looks so lovely! Can't wait to read it

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David Roca-Mas @drocamas.bsky.social · Dec 29

One from the short Cambridge break haul just completed. ‘Spooksmiths Investigate The Cinderman’ by @alatkinson.bsky.social. A good adventure read with notes of Davy Jone’s heart issues. Into the Christmas gifts next. #EduSkyPrimary

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 20

Thank you so much for reading Spooksmiths 👻

Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 20

Thank you so much for adding Spooksmiths to this collection of wonderful stories 👻

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 20

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social. Hugely appreciated 👻

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Wendy Davis @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social · Jan 19

💙📚Book Review📚👍

‘Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman’ by @alatkinson.bsky.social is a thrilling start to a new middle grade horror series.

Read my review at: www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1A8S...

#WritingCommunity #KidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky

Front cover of ‘The Cinderman’ showing two children - a girl with a torch and a boy with a magnifying glass. They are surrounded by ash clouds that form the silhouette of a scary monster.

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Dec 5

I’m here for all things book related particularly middle grade and teen stories. If it’s spooky, scary, mysterious, adventurous and/or funny, I’m in! Thank you, Toppings Edinburgh, for letting me climb my very first bookshop ladder. I want one.

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Amie Jordan @amiescool.bsky.social · Dec 2

Made a shortlist. Great news.

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Dec 5

It looks and sounds amazing! I can't wait 🐺

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