February 01, 2017
Alice-Miranda Holds the Key is OUT NOW and Happy 7 year anniversary to Alice-Miranda!
Hello Everyone,
I’m so thrilled that Alice-Miranda Holds the Key is out now! It’s hard to believe that it’s 7 years today since the very first Alice-Miranda adventure was launched by my lovely friend Markus Zusak (a much cleverer writer than me – you might know him as he’s the author of The Book Thief) at Abbotsleigh, the school where I used to work. I couldn’t have imagined then that we would now have 15 books in the series and that I’m still writing more. Alice-Miranda and her friends have become such a huge part of my life and I love them all to bits.
We’ve just celebrated the release of the new book with beautiful garden parties around Australia – and I’ll be posting about them soon with lots of pictures.
I hope that you enjoy the new adventure and will join me in celebrating seven years of my girl! Make sure you click on the link as there is a great colouring sheet to download too.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Isla
I was really excited when I got my book club and saw that Alice – Miranda Holds the Key is out now
Jacqueline Harvey
That’s great Isla – I hadn’t realised it was on Book Club this month so that’s a lovely surprise.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Enya
Hi Ms Harvey.
Congrats on book 15. I love your books so much. I was just wondering, I looked at the back of the book at the cast of characters and I could not find characters such as Jacinta, Lucas, Charlotte and Lawrence. Will they still be in the book because I love those characters.
Thanks
Reply
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Enya,
Sometimes because of the circumstances of the story, there are characters who don’t appear in every book. Lucas and Jacinta will be back in the next one for sure but in Holds the Key there are some interesting new characters too.
I love those characters as well.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Ariel
I really adore reading your books, and my Favourite characters are Jacinta and Lucas, please do write more stories about them, thanks
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Ariel,
I am beginning to think I could give Lucas and Jacinta their own spin off series 🙂 I hope that you’ll enjoy my new series as Kensy and Max will have some fun romance as well (not between them of course – they’re twins and that would be ‘eww!!)
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Enya
Also, will you be writing many more Alice Books???
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Enya – yes, at least up to number 18 but probably more than that!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Venus
I really can’t wait to purchase the book Alice-Miranda holds the key!
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Venus,
I hope you get your hands on the book soon and that you enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Halle
Congrats, getting the book straight away.
You are a great author you write enthusiastically and express your self witch makes the writing interesting and enjoyable.
You’re my favourite author and you’re my role model.
Jacqueline Harvey
Thanks Halle – I really appreciate your lovely words!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Lara
Dear Jacqueline Harvey, happy anniversary to alice miranda. I completely agree with halle about what she said. I can’t wait to read alice miranda holds the key. I have put it on hold in the public library and hopefully it will come soon. From Your biggest fan lara
Jacqueline Harvey
Thanks Lara – hope you get to read it soon.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Yasmin
The cover and the blurb of the book are so engaging. I have to get this one! I love Alice-Miranda’s great adventures. Whenever I read the latest book of the Alice-Miranda series, I always wonder, what happens in the next book?
Yasmin x
Jacqueline Harvey
Thanks Yasmin – I’m so glad that you love the stories! It just makes me want to keep writing more and more of them.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Kanita
Hey yasmin
Where do you live like in which country do you live
Its just that you sound familar
Melissa
Dear Jacqueline,
Congratulations! Fifteen books in seven years is amazing, (not to mention the Clemintine Rose series!) I got Alice-Miranda Holds The Key as soon as it came out and I have already read it twice, it is the best book I have ever read! I can’t wait for the next Alice-Miranda book to come out and I’m counting down the months and days! You are the best author in the world!
From your number one fan,
Melissa.
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Melissa,
You are so kind! I’m really glad that you liked AM Holds the Key. Alice-Miranda is off to be in a movie in the next book which will come out in September. In the meantime, I’m busy working on something new which I hope you will love as well. I can’t tell you too much yet but I’m really excited about the story.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Melissa
Dear Jacqueline,
Opps! I’m sorry! My post didn’t appear the first time so I posted it again and now it has posted twice! That shows how inthusiastic I am!
From Melissa
Enya
Hi Ms Harvey,
I am nearly finished reading Alice Miranda Holds the Key and love it!
Also, have you started writing your 16th book yet? If so what is it called?
Enya
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Enya,
I haven’t started writing Alice-Miranda in Hollywood yet as I’m working on something new and am trying to get that done before I move on. But I can promise it’s going to be very exciting and the gang will be back together again!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Anshika Yadav
Hi Jacqueline
Congratulations on your 15th Book. It is very exciting!! I have almost finished Book 15 It is so interesting. You are definitely the best author ever. I did come to the Garden Party. It was very good.
Jacqueline Harvey
Thanks Anshika; you are so kind! So glad that you are enjoying the story…wasn’t the Garden Party so much fun!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Lilly
Dear Jacqueline I have heard from my friend that you are writing a new series. Are you? Please answer you don’t have to give details.
From Lilly.
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Lilly,
Yes, I AM in the early stages of actually writing the first book of my new series, which will be titled Kensie and Max. It should be in book shops in 2018!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Hannah
Dear Jacqueline,
How long does it take to write a book as long as your Alice-Miranda books?
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Hannah,
It can take up to about 8 months for one of the Alice-Miranda stories to travel from first idea to the printed version that you see. There’s lots of research, writing, editing, more research, more writing, more editing, final editing, page proofing and so much more that is involved in getting a story to the bookshelves.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Abigail
just wondering Jaqueline, is Lucas in Alice-Miranda Holds the Key?????
Abigail roe
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Abigail,
No, Lucas does not make an appearance in Alice-Miranda Holds the Key.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Hattie
Hi Jacqueline Harvey
Will you still continue writing the Clementine Rose series, the Alice Miranda series as well as Kensie and Max?
What will the books Kensie and Max be about?
From Hattie.
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Hattie,
Yes I am continuing all three series’! Kensy and Max is about a twin brother and sister who find out something incredible and unexpected about their family – particularly their grandmother who comes into their lives out of the blue. It’s a spy series and I am fast falling in love with the characters. They are lots of fun to write and I think there will be loads of mystery and adventure and a bit of danger too!
Hope you’ll enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Stella Longland
Hi Ms Harvey,
My name is Stella and I’m from Brisbane, Australia. I am so excited to read Alice Miranda Holds the Key. I’ve read every single one of your books and you are my favourite author of all time. You have inspired me to become an author myself one day and I hope I can write stories that are as fun and exciting as yours.
Warm wishes,
Stella
Jacqueline Harvey
Thank you Stella – your words mean a lot to me. I’m so thrilled that you’re enjoying the books and that you want to write too.
Enjoy your holidays and have a Happy Easter – perhaps you can write a story about it!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Anya Baillie
hi Jacqueline Harvey,
when is the next alice miranda book going to be published?? i have read them all and i think they are awesome! i love how every time the book ends with a dramatic scene like i book 2 the queen gets mistaken for mrs. Oliver and in book 12 Nina’s opa gets taken away( by the way my sisters name is nina!!) my favorite book is definatly Alice Miranda in the Alps =)
From Anya xx
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Anya,
I am working on Alice-Miranda in Hollywood – like literally right now. I’ve just finished writing a chapter which is very exciting because Alice-Miranda has just got a glimpse of a couple of bad guys. It will be out 1 September (providing that I can stick to the schedule and get another 35,000 words written in just over 2 weeks!).
Hope that you’ll enjoy it too. I love hearing what you like about the stories.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline
Reia
Dear Jacqueline,
Every time I go back to Australia I beg my parents for your books since it’s rare for me to get any English books because I moved to Japan. I have read all your Alice Miranda books twice and I’m reading Alice Miranda in Paris for the third time. I can’t wait for Alice Miranda in Hollywood! I’ve got 7 of the clementine rose books and I am now on the hunt for the 8th one! I just adore the way you tell us the tiniest bit of the bad guys but it isn’t quite clear. My favorite is Alice Miranda to the rescue because it has two of my favorite animals! ( dogs and horses )
Good luck writing your book
Reia
Jacqueline Harvey
Hi Reia,
Thank you so much for your comment and kind words- I am thrilled that you enjoy the books so much. I thoroughly enjoy re-reading my favourite stories and am glad that you do, too.
I hope that you enjoy Alice-Miranda in Hollywood; there are a couple of new characters that have made me laugh out loud!
My favourite animals are horses and dogs, too (although my husband and I seem to have been adopted by a gorgeous cat- VC for Visitor Cat. We have become totally besotted with her!) You also live in one of my favourite places- I have loved Japan since I went there on a cultural exchange as a very young teacher of a Year 5 class. I have been back there many times and continue to be fascinated with the beauty, the culture, the people, the history and the tradition!
Best wishes,
Jacqueline