A writer of children's and Young Adult fiction and magazine articles represented by Jo Williamson of Antony Harwood Literary Agency. Her latest YA thriller is Ready or Not (May 2022). Her YA thriller about the nature of memory, The Truth About Lies, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019. Her YA thriller The Rules is about preparing for disaster and the nature of rules in family and society. Tracy graduated with Distinction from the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People. She won the YA Short Story Prize run by Stripes and the Bookseller and was published in I’ll Be Home for Christmas. You can see what she's been up to lately on Twitter @TracyDarntonShe originally studied law at Jesus College, Cambridge and worked as a solicitor and senior lecturer. She volunteered for seven years as a librarian in a junior school library. She has a portfolio of workshops for both adult writers and school visits. She is an Associate Lecturer on the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa.