As early this month marked International Women’s Day, what better month than to celebrate all our phenomenal female writers.

Kicking it off we have Chantelle Atkins!!!!

Chantelle Atkins was born and raised in Dorset, England and still resides there now with her husband, four children, and multiple pets. She is addicted to reading, writing, and music and writes for both the young adult and adult genres.

Her fiction is described as gritty, edgy and compelling. Her debut Young Adult novel The Mess Of Me deals with eating disorders, self-harm, fractured families and first love. The novel received a wave of glowing reviews, one reader had this to say: At over 400 pages, The Mess Of Me is not short but the gritty, vibrant and engaging style will soon have you turning the pages. What I found so impressive was that it ticked all the boxes: the attention to detail is spot-on, the characters are vivid and real, the dialogue edgy and witty and the pace and plotting executed skilfully making it a real page-turner. – Kate Rigby, Author

Her second novel, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side follows the musical journey of a young boy attempting to escape his brutal home life and has now been developed into a 5 book series. She is also the author of This Is Nowhere and award-winning dystopian, The Tree Of Rebels, which readers praise for its suspenseful storyline and engaging characters. Another award-winning novel, Elliot Pie’s Guide To Human Nature, was released in October 2018.

A Song For Bill Robinson was the first in YA trilogy titled Holds End, followed by Emily’s Baby and The Search For Summer. Recently, she has co-authored the Fortune’s Well YA trilogy with Sim Alec Sansford. The Day The Earth Turned books 1-4 are her latest series release. Followed by the amazing The Boy series spin off, At Night We Played in the Road. And her follow up to her first novel, The Mess of Us, which has received multiple glowing reviews.

You can find all of Chantelle’s books, poetry and short story collections by clicking here!

You can also stay up to date with all her latest articles, blogs, and news by subscribing to her Substack here.