Book: Minty
Genre: Young Adult/Crossover
Publisher: Three Hares Publishing
Pub date(s): April 2014
About: Christina Banach is an experienced teacher and school leader. Having worked in education for over twenty-six years, she swopped her head teacher’s office for a tiny study in her home where she now writes full-time. Her debut novel Minty was the Scottish Book Trust Teen’s Book of the Month for December 2014. It was nominated for a Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Award 2014 and shortlisted for the SCBWI-British Isles Crystal Kite Award 2015. She lives in Fife, Scotland, with her husband and their rescue dogs.
Website: www.christinabanach.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/christina.banach.9
Twitter handle: @ChristinaBanach
Email: I can be contacted through my website.
Location: Fife, Scotland
Blog posts: http://www.christinabanach.com/blog/
Writer Superpowers (specialist subjects): I’d be interested in all types of events including library and bookshop appearances, speaking at book festivals, giving talks to writers’ groups, and book group visits. I am happy to speak on my own or as part of a panel. I am also available for radio broadcasts, newspaper and magazine articles etc, having already participated in a number of these. I’d be happy to discuss why I gave up a successful, secure career to become a published writer. I’d be delighted to get involved in discussions about Friends/Friendship, Parents and Families, Bereavement, The Afterlife, Childhood/Coming of Age, Young Adult Fiction, Children’s Fiction, and Sibling Relationships.
For schools, I offer author talks to ages 9+ about my writing journey/process and what inspires me to write my books. In addition, I offer workshops in all aspects of writing for children, young adults and adults.
I am listed on the Scottish Book Trust’s author database for the Live Literature Funding scheme.
