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Saci Lloyd

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Saci Lloyd is a children's writer and teacher at an inner-city sixth-form college. Her latest book, Momentum, is shortlisted for the Guardian's children's fiction award. Her first books the Carbon Diaries were shortlisted for the Costa children's book award in 2010.

January 2012

  • Cormac McCarthy's The Road

    Books blog
    Moira Young's Costa win is a victory for dystopias

    Blood Red Road, Moira Young's murky vision of the future, is a fitting winner for this year's Costa prize: when the going in the real world gets tough, we need dystopian fiction to take on the big issues

August 2011

  • A boarded-up building in Tottenham

    You told us
    double quotation markYoung people have no right to riot, but they have a right to be angry

    Saci Lloyd
    Saci Lloyd: You told us: As A-level pass rates soar, we must not forget a generation of young people for whom just going to school is a challenge