I have a wonderful agent called Sophie Hicks, and she is at the Ed Victor Literary Agency in London. She can be contacted through their website at www.edvictor.com
My publishers for The Butterfly Heart as well as for my next book are Walker Books, also in London. They have for over thirty years been producing aastonishing books for children and young adults and I am delighted they chose to publish two of mine.
You can contact me directly at thebutterflyheart@gmail.com .



Wow Paula, I really love your description of Zambia as a butterfly, beautiful but fragile. I have always just seen it as histories joke on those of us who, as students, had to draw the map.Shows how much imagination I have! I am definitely adopting your description, far more poetic. I look forward to reading the book. Good lucK with it all.
Thanks Mwanabibi, I remember drawing the map as well – and at that stage never thought of it as a butterfly … ! But now I do. Thanks for your good wishes.
Hi Paula, Congrats on getting on the CBI book awards shortlist. You totally deserve it for your beautiful book…mind you I’m dead jealous! I hope you win it. All the best, John Newman
Thank you John, you’re very good and I am perfectly thrilled by it. Sorry you are not there with Tao!