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SL Roman goes back to the heart of the story.
Egham is the heart of One Year One Night, the first Young Adult novel by Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions. The child at the centre of the story, Ben, was based on an original unlucky boy who was called Ken. Sarah got the original idea when she was teaching at Strode’s further education college…
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SL Roman authors to speak at top girls’ school.
Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters will talk about theirnovel to nearly 200 girls at a highly rated school in March.Sarah and Laura will be presenting to Key Stage 3 pupils whoare between 11 and 14.The writers will address their young audience about One YearOne Night, their first Young Adult novel.It’s a story of love,…
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SL Roman co-author tours New England.
Sarah Onions, one half of SL Roman, visited 17 bookstores and 2 libraries in a 3 week trip. The purpose was to promote One Year One Night – the first Young Adult historical fiction by Sarah and her writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters. It has royal approval in the form of a signed letter from…
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Two writers based in London have been inspired by WW2 photographer Lee Miller.
Authors SL Roman, otherwise known as Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions got fresh inspiration from the Tate Britain exhibition. American Lee Miller took distinctive photos of London in the Blitz. She came from the artistic school of surrealism which meant she could find unusual images among the rubble. In one of her shots she…
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Our royally-supported novel now gets an airing on Spotify.
Fans of listening to stories can now hear our first Young Adult Novel on the digital audio podcast. One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in North America last year as an audio book, as well as in hardback form and a version for dyslexic readers. It’s the story of an unlucky boy…
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How Londoners coped with bombing in WW2 – research for the next YA novel by SL Roman.
Lots of the research for our second young adult novel deals with the violence and horror of war. But we spotted one display in London which was a bit different. Many organisations put on displays this summer of what they did in WW2, inspired by Victory in Europe day or VE day when the 80th…
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New US website for UK authors of One Year One Night on the heels of royal support.
Readers can now follow the background to the tale of the unlucky boy which led to the writing of One Year One Night. The new website can been found at slroman.com and it features photos of the authors and the atmospheric places where the story began. The historical Young Adult novel was published in the…
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The Queen of England has praised the writers of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
Sarah Onions – one half of SL Roman sent a copy of the Young Adult wartime romance to Camilla and she replied with a heartfelt thanks, support for the effort and the intention of reading the book which was published in North America and elsewhere last year. The Queen is a well-known reader herself and…
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Two wartime writers were inspired by an exhibition at London’s iconic St Paul’s cathedral.
SL Roman or – Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters had their first historical Young Adult novel One Year One Night published in N. America last year and are now gathering research for their second creation, set in the same era. Their current work in progress is set in the East End near the Cathedral,…
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The co-authors of One Year One Night by SL Roman are no slouch when it comes to research.
The original boy who was the inspiration for their first YA novel was killed by a stray bomb dropped on the town of Egham in southern England, in November 1940. There’s a plaque in Egham in Surrey confirming the explosion which actually killed 3 children (the elder of whom provided inspiration for the creation of their…
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