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EPISODE · Oct 28, 2025 · 28 MIN

69. Writing Time Travel for Middle Grade and YA with Simon Rose

from Show, don't Tell Writing with Suzy Vadori

Send us Fan MailSuzy chats this week with prolific author Simon Rose in the first of two episodes about writing time travel books for young audiences. They cover research, alternate histories, and time travel (in all directions!)GUEST: Simon graduated from university with a degree in history and his first novel for middle grade readers, The Alchemist’s Portrait, was published in 2003. This was followed by The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Future Imperfect, An Untimely Death, and The Order of Excalibur novels. He’s also the author of the Flashback series, the Shadowzone series, and The Stone of the Seer series. In addition, he’s the author of The Children’s Writer’s Guide, The Working Writer’s Guide, The Time Traveler’s Guide, and has written many non-fiction books.Simon offers editing, manuscript evaluation, coaching, mentoring, and writing workshops for writers. He’s an instructor with the University of Calgary and offers online workshops for both children and adults. He also offers workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries.🌟 Grab your spot in Suzy's Inner Circle at www.suzyvadori.com/innercircleSign Up for the Inspired Writing Newsletter HERESubmit Your Page for our Show don't Tell Coaching EpisodesLeave a Review on Apple Podcasts (Thank you!)  Intro and Outro Music is Daisy by Zight and used under a CC by 4.0 DEED Attribution 4.0 International license. For more music by Zight visit https://www.youtube.com/zight 

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Send us Fan Mail Suzy chats this week with prolific author Simon Rose in the first of two episodes about writing time travel books for young audiences. They cover research, alternate histories, and time travel (in all directions!) GUEST: Simon graduated from university with a degree in history and his first novel for middle grade readers, The Alchemist’s Portrait, was published in 2003. This was followed by The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb,...

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