Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow, and worked as a teacher for many years. His novel When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal. The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the 2016 Costa Children’s Book Award, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen/YA Book of the Year, and We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal-winner Sarah Crossan, won the 2018 UKLA Book Award. Cardboard Cowboys, Brian’s first middle-grade novel, published in 2021 and is full of his trademark heart, humour and crackling dialogue. Swimming on the Moon is his second middle-grade novel. @ConaghanAuthor
>>Eine Geschichte, die man NIEMALS vergessen wird Jess und Nicu lernen sich beim Müllaufsammeln im Park kennen. Auf den ersten Blick ein ungleiches Paar, entwickelt sich ihre Freundschaft bald zu einer zarten Liebe. Als die Situation bei Jess zuhause immer schlimmer wird und auch Nicus Zukunft in England bedroht ist, laufen sie davon. Doch dann trifft Nicu eine folgenschwere Entscheidung <<
