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- ↑ "Bath Spa Graduate's dream of becoming a published novelist comes true". BATH SPA UNIVERSITY. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Mansfield, Katie (6 February 2020). "Sharna Jackson and Liz Hyder shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize". THE BOOKSELLER. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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