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Liz Flanagan.

Writer · United Kingdom

Liz Flanagan: British author of Dragon Daughter / Legends of the Sky and Wildsmith — Mediterranean-flavoured middle-grade fantasy with strong female leads, for ages 9–12.

Liz Flanagan is a British middle-grade author best known for the Dragon Daughter / Legends of the Sky series, fantasy adventures set in a Mediterranean-flavoured world of dragons, magic and intrigue, and for stand-alone novels including Eden Summer (YA) and Wildsmith. Flanagan's voice is warm, well-paced and confidently female-led, with strong worldbuilding and a clear-eyed sense of how middle-grade fantasy works for the reader transitioning from Cressida Cowell to YA fantasy. She lives in Yorkshire and runs writing workshops. A reliable contemporary middle-grade fantasy author for ages 9–12.