Hello, I’m Lou Treleaven and I write picture books, chapter books and early readers including the Penpals on Pluto series. I also run a critique service for writers and enjoy writing plays and sketches.
You can email me at lou dot treleaven at sky dot com, or click on the links for events (including school author visits), book news or critiques. If you are reading my books at school or at home, check out my free resources for some fun creative activities. For the Pluto books, visit my Come to Pluto website for special inside information on who’s who, what’s where and who’s what.
Proudly represented by the Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency.
NEW BOOK TRAILER DROPS!
Check out this cool trailer for my new book for Maverick Zoom Fiction: EATEN BY ALIENS! Yes, I’ve just learned how to do this and yes it’s a lot of fun so expect lots more book trailers in the future!
LATEST BOOK NEWS – DON’T OPEN UNTIL… BOOKS ARE OUT!
My new books are compendiums of stories, riddles, jokes, facts and activities – and you can’t open them until you are 8 or 9! Illustrated by Ellie Hyde, they make the perfect rainy day book. Find them at your local bookshop, or support bookshops by ordering online at bookshop.org.
LATEST BOOK NEWS – UNDERCOVER OVERLORD IS OUT!
My latest book is part of a series called Tangled Tales, released by Maverick, and I’m very excited about it! Each book in the series contains 2 interlocked stories, one on each side of the book. So there’s a double cover and they meet in the middle! It doesn’t matter which side you start on as both can be standalone, but you’ll learn a lot more plus something completely new about the story when you’ve read both! You can order Undercover Overlord / Meddling Underling here, or why not start collecting the series?
LATEST BOOK NEWS – NOT YET A YETI IS BACK!
I’m thrilled that Maverick have released a new edition of my picture book Not Yet a Yeti, illustrated by Tony Neal. George doesn’t feel like the rest of his family and no wonder – they are yetis! Why isn’t George a yeti yet, and what could he be instead? A humorous but heartfelt book about identity and supportiveness. I love the brand new cover too!
LATEST BOOK NEWS – THE CHRISTMAS CRUMB
The Christmas Crumb is released in a beautiful hardback version on 28 September 2021. Illustrated lavishly by Alex Willmore, it’s a new Christmas fairy tale that spreads kindness, generosity… and crumbs!
LATEST BOOK NEWS – TURNS OUT SERIES
The next instalment of Turns Out I’m an Alien is out now! Turns Out I’m an Evil Alien Emperor gives away the plot in its title and is a ridiculously silly space adventure that manages to out-silly the silliness of the first book by quite a long way. In fact it’s so silly that the release was postponed just to add some extra silliness! Check out the covers by James Lancett below.
“My superpower is that I can turn into a slug, isn’t it?”
“Technically it’s less of a superpower, more of an allergy.”
Turns Out I’m an Alien
Jasper’s life is as normal as can be until he discovers his foster parents have been withholding a massive secret from him: he’s actually an alien. Suddenly he’s launched into a crazy outer space adventure with his foster sister, Holly, but the evil Andromedan emperor is closing in. Can Jasper liberate his home planet, the Milky Way and save his parents before the emperor gets there first?
Turns Out I’m an Evil Alien Emperor
Jasper’s settling into life with two sets of parents, but not two sets of pocket money. Oh, and being an alien. It seems everything’s back to normal until Holly drags him to a Harry Handsome concert… and that’s not the worst part. This devious pop star slash alien secret agent seems to be up to something – and it involves brainwashing the entire planet!
Lou Treleaven 