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Isla Neal

Isla Neal
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Isla Neal

Isla Neal grew up in a small mountain town in Southern California and earned her MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Teens at the New School in in New York City, where she currently lives and works.

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Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet. (This happens more frequently than you would care to believe, although--thank goodness--not yet to me).
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My life in 8 words: "lots of writing in my jammies coffee coffee"
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A Stranger Thing will be released on November 12, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
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Mothership will be released on November 12, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Mothership has won an award
Dec 19, 2012
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MOTHERSHIP: Teen Pregnancy in Outer Space!
Sep 05, 2012
Mothership will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 10, 2012
Mothership is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 10, 2012
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Chapter 1 from Mothership
Jul 06, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Mothership
Jun 13, 2012
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Isla Neal Revealed

Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. I desperately want to visit the Galapagos, and meet some giant tortoises. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Baking. Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm. Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. Celebrity cake-maker. Learn more about Isla Neal

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McDaniel prof's latest book probes the big questions of fourth grade
Baltimore Sun, February 18, 2013
...respected author of children's books: six for younger students and a seventh for teens under the pseudonym Isla Neal. And she channels those feelings of being not quite gifted enough in her newest book, "A Tangle of Knots." The novel is set in a magical...
It's up to one pregnant teen to stop an alien attack in space [Book Review]
Io9, August 15, 2012
...so it was about time that young adult science fiction caught up to reality. Authors Martin Leicht and Isla Neal saw this gaping hole in the genre, and they've filled it with this quirky action-packed novel, Mothership: Book One of the Ever-Expanding...
McDaniel prof's latest book probes the big questions of fourth grade
Baltimore Sun, February 18, 2013
...respected author of children's books: six for younger students and a seventh for teens under the pseudonym Isla Neal. And she channels those feelings of being not quite gifted enough in her newest book, "A Tangle of Knots." The novel is set in a magical...
New York Comic Con Round-Up: Women in Comics and Juno Meets Aliens in New Teen Sci-Fi Classic
JustPressPlay, November 2, 2012
...died down, but passions were high and some panelists were ready for a lively debate, including Martin Leicht, Isla Neal, and Alex de Campi. First up was “Creating Comics with Two X-Chromosomes: Real Talk with Image's Female Creators.” The panel...
Ludington Library Reopens Saturday
Bryn Mawr Patch, September 6, 2012
...DeCock, from the Viking Culinary Center, talks about cookbooks in the Cooking section 1 p.m.: -Martin Leicht and Isla Neal, authors of "Mothership," speak in the Young Adult section. -Main Line Art Center's "Arts Alive Mobile" in the Children's...
It's up to one pregnant teen to stop an alien attack in space [Book Review]
Io9, August 15, 2012
...so it was about time that young adult science fiction caught up to reality. Authors Martin Leicht and Isla Neal saw this gaping hole in the genre, and they've filled it with this quirky action-packed novel, Mothership: Book One of the Ever-Expanding...