The Light In Everything: Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2023

About the author

Sydney Smith

Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Katya's debut novel, The Space We're In, was published in 2019 and was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award. Her second, October, October, won the Yoto Carnegie Medal. Her third novel, The Light in Everything, was published in 2022. When she's not writing books, Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake, and attem pt to keep all her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dogs Raffi and Mouse. Sydney Smith is a children's book illustrator. He lives in Canada with his wife and two sons. His picture books have won numerous awards, including the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, which he has now won twice.

Katya Balen