I ‘met’ Keris around 8 or 9 years ago in an online forum – we’ve not made it to ‘real life’ meeting yet, mostly because we’re at the opposite ends of the country. But Keris is properly  really lovely. And in those intervening 8 or 9 years has happened (with the help of a huge amount of talent, dedication and hard work. And Twitter.) to go from aspiring-author to a successful published author of YA. I still get a squeal of excitement when I see her books in my local bookshop (goodness only knows how she feels when she sees them). In the run up to the launch of...