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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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A sense of history in award-winning young adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman.

The writers behind SL Roman loved researching the background of their first novel from the word go. It helped that Laura Meloni Bywaters has a 1st class degree from Rome University. She’d also worked as an examiner so has a sure sense of detail. Sarah Onions, the other half of the creative pair, worked as…
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The international illustrator behind the award-winning One Year One Night by SL Roman.
The artist for the North American edition came up through Marvel Comics in the UK. Kev Hopgood joined Zoids magazine straight out of art school. His favourite character to draw is War Machine who he co-created while working on Iron Man. He’s currently drawing a war story for Commando Comics which has led him to…
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One Year One Night on screen in North America.
A short film has been made to promote One Year One Night by SL Roman in North America. It shows some of the main characters in the award-winning young adult novel set in WW2. The story is the creation of British writers Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters. The film can be seen here: It…
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Top notch characters by British writing pair.
One of America’s leading review panels has described One Year One Night by SL Roman as having ‘top-notch characterisation’. The Literary Titan has more than sixty thousand followers and has praised the first work by the British writing pair, ‘Despite the book’s discussion of serious themes, it is an easy and entertaining read with a…
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Hardcover copy of first novel received by British women writing pair.
Two British writers who’ve been published in N. America have seen the revised version of the hardback cover of One Year One Night for the first time. The Young Adult story by SL Roman is being published by Red Chair Press and will be distributed in libraries in the U. S. and Canada. Sarah Onions…