Introducing … REAL WHEN I’M WITH YOU! 🌊💕 I am OVERJOYED to share that my next book, my first YA, is out in July with Scholastic UK! This is the book of my dreams, a story I’ve threaded all my love into, and I can’t wait until readers can fall in love with it, too.

― Sylvia Plath

from the diary of virginia woolf

Real When I'm With You cover reveal ... today!! 🌊💕 A summer of fake dating. A chance to become her real self. I can't wait to share it in all its beautiful glory with you – it is STUNNING!

COVER REVEAL! 🌊💕 Delighted to share the beautiful cover of REAL WHEN I'M WITH YOU, out 3rd July 2025 with Scholastic UK! Designed by Michelle Brackenborough, it really is the cover of my dreams. A SUMMER OF FAKE DATING. A CHANCE TO BECOME HER REAL SELF.

Real When I'm With You, an #ActuallyAutistic YA romance – out 3rd July 2025. A summer of fake dating. A chance to become her real self. Can Effie cast aside what everyone else thinks and follow her heart? Fall in love here ❤️: linktr.ee/lucythereader

Happy #AutismAcceptanceMonth! I'm so proud to be an autistic author writing characters who are openly, proudly autistic (with all the complicated feelings that come with it) – and to write into existence the representation I so rarely saw as a young reader. Here's a snippet ❤️

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“When tea was over, the grown-ups snoozed under the bluebells, while the young mice played hide-and-seek in the primroses.” Brambly Hedge Spring Story, 1980.

It's beginning to look like a real book ❤️ Less than 80 days to go until Real When I'm With You is out in the world!

71 days to go until Real When I'm With You! 🌊💕 And signed, dedicated copies are available from Mr B's Emporium! mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/x-r…

— charlotte brontë

🚨 WISH YOU WERE HER is going on tour! 🚨 YA novel about a child actor turned movie star who wants a quiet summer working in a book festival! Chaos ensues. All tickets are on sale now! In a world currently saying autistics are unwanted, I say (respectfully) get tae fuck!!!

Real When I'm With You proofs are now available to request from Netgalley! Bloggers, librarians, teachers and reviewers – I'm so excited for you to read it! A YA fake dating romance with a cast of ND characters, perfect for summer! Request here: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book/6…

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17 DAYS to go until Real When I'm With You is out in the world! 🌊💕 So delighted to hear such wonderful feedback from early readers – this book means so much to me, and it means the world that it's resonating with others, too ❤️