My Name is Jodie Jones, published by David Ficking Books, is my debut novel for teens: the protagonist is fifteen and in Year 10. It will be released on Sept 11 2025 and is available to pre-order now in all the usual outlets, but if you could buy from an indie, that would make (almost) everyone’s day.
These are the shorter chapter books I’ve written for 8-12 and younger readers: published by Bloomsbury, they feature time travelling Jewish kids, mystery solving Thai kids, and a school-aged boy with a new sibling.
These are my novels for 8-12: published by Chicken House. They feature a half-Japanese, half Italian girl whose father has left without trace, a Cambodian adoptee who wants to act, a Greek Cypriot girl who tells a quite serious lie, and two animal-loving children by the beach in Southwold and find something rare and important.
Dream on, Amber has been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Turkish. There’s also a US and Canada edition published across the pond by Sourcebooks.
Dara Palmer’s Major Drama was published in Danish, by Sourcebooks in the US and Canada, and optioned by the BBC for CBBC.
Emma Shevah 
January 22, 2014 at 2:01 pm
hmm I think she is like a few people including you but who knows it’s difficult to know ourselves let alone others
October 2, 2017 at 4:16 pm
This book is soo good I think it is your best so far 😀
April 1, 2014 at 5:55 pm
i think amber is like me trying to find my inner warrior
April 22, 2015 at 5:32 pm
I JUST READ THIS BOOK, AS MY LIBRARIAN RECOMMENDED IT TO ME. I LOVED IT! I CANT WAIT FOR THE SECOND BOOK.
April 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Thank you for your lovely comment! I’m glad you liked it. Please thank your librarian for me, too 🙂
Love Emma
September 23, 2015 at 5:10 pm
could you tell what age group – yours books are aimed at
September 23, 2015 at 8:56 pm
Hi Julia,
Yes, they’re aimed at 7-12 year olds. I should say that somewhere on my website: thanks for pointing that out!
Thanks for getting in touch,
Emma
August 7, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Hey Emma, I am reading Dara Palmer’s Major Drama, AND I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL ANOTHER BOOK COMES OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29, 2018 at 2:19 pm
i also loved it im 12 yrs old and this book was great!! keep writting book Emma.We LOVE them!!!!!
May 29, 2018 at 4:38 pm
That makes me SO HAPPY! 🙂
Thank you for your email xxxx
October 17, 2016 at 7:20 pm
This librarian here at the Toronto Public Library in Canada is reading Dara Palmer’s Major Drama and discussing it in our monthly bookclub! Very excited and a very good read! Loved the cover – it drew me to the book!
October 18, 2016 at 9:47 pm
This makes me so happy! Thank you Vann-Ly.
March 18, 2017 at 10:40 am
you should do more of these books they are so good they get me tied in i cant get my eyes of it. the story’s so addicting. and because its aimed to 7-12 year olds. you should aim it higher because im 13 and i absolutely adore the book
March 19, 2017 at 6:16 pm
Hi Emma! I am currently reading Dara Palmer’s Major Drama, and it’s amazing! Dara’s backstory really interested me. I also love how funny and dramatic she is. Thank you for creating this wonderful book!
– Ava
August 10, 2017 at 12:09 pm
when will the new book be published? you said it was suitable for my age because its a book for 14yr olds onwards