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Author · Storyteller
Elliot Burke
@elliotburke
Young Adult writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Elliot Burke writes mainly in young adult and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Elliot Burke
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Last Copy in Aisle Three
Seventeen-year-old Mara Ellis works after school in a failing independent bookshop and knows exactly how to keep the place running, right up until a missing paperback ledger starts exposing the shop's debts, half-finished orders and one very inconvenient lie. As the shop edges toward closure, Mara has to decide whether saving it means telling the truth about what has been hidden inside it for months. The only person who seems able to help is the boy she has been avoiding since he turned up asking for a book that was never meant to be sold.
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Draft progress
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