Kim Slater lives in Nottingham and takes her inspiration from everyday life. Her debut novel, Smart, won ten regional prizes and has been shortlisted for more than twenty regional and national awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Federation of Children’s Book Groups Prize. It was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and her second novel, A Seven-Letter-Word, was also nominated for the prize.
928 Miles from Home is Kim’s third novel for Macmillan Children’s Books.