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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 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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Talking to young people in schools by the co-author of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
One of the face-to-face ways of engaging with young readers is to go into schools. I’m planning this, with my writing partner to promote our first Young Adult novel which was published in North America – and elsewhere, last year. We’ve also spoken to a young reader group in Egham library, in the town where…
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Author of One Year One Night at VE street party in London.
A VE day street party in London was the perfect place to sell our Young Adult novel-One Year One Night by SL Roman. That’s me and my writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters, working under a pen name.I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Pathfield road in Streatham.For more of the flavour…
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Wartime street parties to come back next month
May 2025 will see the 80th anniversary of WW2 and it will be marked by street parties in Britain which will evoke life as described in One Year One Night by SL Roman. The Young Adult novel, published in the US and elsewhere last year, is set against the background of teenager Annie who has…
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Rosy reviews for SL Roman’s One Year One Night.
Our first Young Adult novel has had a range of very good reviews. One of the most pleasing was from Kirkus – the prestigious website based in New York which welcomed a ‘heart-wrenching and beautiful story’. Myself and Laura Meloni Bywaters, the writers behind SL Roman, created a lot of lively female characters and Kirkus…
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1940 Londoners changed their look
World War 2 brought a change in the way Londoners presented themselves. Women wore a Victory Roll hairdo which mimicked the turn of the British bomber’s wings when they dropped their deadly load. And turbans became a thing for working on shift in the weapons factories so hair didn’t get caught up in the production…
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WW2 changed lives of ordinary UK women
The heroine of One Year One Night by SL Roman is teenage Annie who keeps a diary of the huge changes in 1940. As a young woman her life is altered dramatically. Her father leaves for the Army and in return, Annie’s family in fictional Millside gets a crabby aunt to put up with and…
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Christmas 1939 in Millside – the setting for One Year One Night by SL Roman.
One Year One Night is set against the background of the Second World War and taking place in a fictional English village called Millside. That village experiences the last half-normal Christmas at the end of 1939. Our heroine Annie sits down to a festive lunch with her family but she’s aware that her world is…
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The women who served in WW2 – and an American spy.
The co-authors of One Year One Night, a novel set at the beginning of WW2, try to base their novels on plenty of historical research. Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions write under the pen name of SL Roman and their first novel was published in North America and elsewhere in August. One historical theme…
One Year One Night - SL Roman. 