Harborough author delighted after winning national award for her teen fiction book ‘I Dare You’
An author from Market Harborough says she is delighted after winning a national award for her teenage fiction book ‘I Dare You’.
Tamsin Winter won the Teen Fiction category as part of the Peters’ Children’s Book of the Year awards, which celebrate the best of children’s fiction and non-fiction books published in the UK.
“I’m absolutely delighted to have won, as it’s a national book award voted for by libraries and schools,” Tamsin said.
“As a former English teacher, and a mum, my aim is always to write stories that are gripping, relatable and explore topics today's young people find interesting.
“Seeing my story resonate so strongly with teenage readers is a wonderful feeling, and it is what keeps me writing!”
I Dare You tells the story of two friends Willow and Alma, who get caught up in dangerous TikTok challenges.
It was released on May 8, and has been described by reviewers as ‘fast, sharp and painfully believable.’
I Dare You is Tamsin’s sixth book, with her debut novel Being Miss Nobody, released in 2017, and telling the story of 11-year-old Rosalind, who cannot speak, winning the Awesome Book Award in 2019.
The Observer has described Tamsin as ‘fast becoming a favourite for younger teenagers, chronicling those first years at secondary school with warmth and honesty.’
I Dare You also enjoyed further success at this year’s Fabulous Book Award, organised annually by school librarians in the London borough of Wandsworth.
The book has also been shortlisted for four regional awards and the Spark! Book Award, an award run by the Spark charity in which children select the winners.