Patrice Lawrence - The Elemental Detectives

Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton and raised in an Italian and Trinidadian household. Her first book for young adults, Orangeboy, was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award and won the Bookseller YA Prize and Waterstone’s Prize for Older Children's Fiction. In 2021 she won the Jhalek Prize's inaugural children's and young category for her book Eight Pieces of Silva (2020). In this podcast, Patrice talks to Nikki Gamble about her middle-grade fantasy novel, The Elemental Detecti...