Vickie Johnstone

Hi, I live in London and have a thing about fluffy cats. I work as a freelance layout sub-editor on business magazines and editor/proofreader on books. I love reading, writing, films, the sea, art, animals, nature, rock music, Milky Bar and travelling. I have self-published 17 books. Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle was a finalist in the children's books category of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards 2013. Titles published in 2011: Kaleidoscope (March) - 119 poems, divided by chapter themes; Travelling Light - a free book of 38 poems; Kiwi in Cat City - the first in a series about a magical cat and her human pals (April); Kiwi and the Missing Magic (June); Kiwi and the Living Nightmare (October). Titles published in 2012: Day of the Living Pizza - a comedy horror for ages 10 up (May); Life's Rhythms - a collection of 316 haiku (June); 3 Heads and a Tail - a romantic comedy with walkies, written for NaNoWriMo (June); Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle (August); Day of the Pesky Shadow - book 2 in the Smarts & Dewdrop Mysteries series (October); Kiwi in the Realm of Ra (November), and Kiwi's Christmas Tail (December). Titles published in 2013: The Sea Inside - Cerulean Songs, book 1, and I Dream of Zombies (book 1). The Kiwi books have illustrations by Nikki McBroom. Links: Amazon US author page: http://www.amazon.com/Vickie-Johnstone/e/B004SZ9TGE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1 Amazon UK book page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Vickie Johnstone&search-alias=digital-text Blog: http://vickiejohnstone.blogspot.com Twitter: @vickiejohnstone Website: Kiwiincatcity.com Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4788773.Vickie_Johnstone Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorVickieJohnstone http://www.facebook.com/KiwiinCatCity http://www.facebook.com/KaleidoscopePoetry http://www.facebook.com/VickieJohnstoneEditing