Ian Hunter - Children’s Author

For anyone reading The Shoe Creeper in real time, today is chapter one! 😁📖

#spooky #reading #book #middlegradebook #autumn #October #Halloween #TheShoeCreeper

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Thank you to everyone who stopped by, said hello, and picked up a book (or three!). It makes a difference, and I appreciate it a lot.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Ian x

Book sales were good, people were ace, and I also got chatting to lovely lady who it turns out teaches at the school I went to as a child! It was a real moment for me that meant a lot. Hopefully I’ll be there for a school visit next year :)

Author at author table with books: Fyn Carter and the Agents of Eromlos, Fyn Carter and the Legends from Atlantis, and The Shoe Creeper.

Today I was at a craft and gift market in Lymington. It was my first event with three different books on the table (and the first with The Shoe Creeper!), and I honestly had the most amazing day!

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Please do check out the book. It makes a difference to me as an indie author, and I genuinely hope you’ll love the story 🎃👟

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That wraps The Shoe Creeper blog tour! Thank you so much to Leyla and everyone
L else who took part in and supported the tour! You rock! I xx

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The Shoe Creeper (available now) was described by Phil Hickes (author of the Aveline Jones and Shadowhall Academy books, plus The Last Day of October) as:

‘Like Patrick Ness and Roald Dahl got together to write a spooky story’!

#thebestiebookshelf #spooktacular2025 #horrorauthors #horrorbooks

Please check it and The Shoe Creeper out, as well as The Bestie Bookshelf’s community. Their Annual Spooktacular event for horror fans includes a live author chat on TikTok, on 17th October, at 7 p.m. PST!

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As part of The Bestie Bookshelf’s Annual Spooktacular event for 2025, I was monstrously excited to take part in this interview to discuss my new children’s book, The Shoe Creeper, and parts of my writing process.

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The Shoe Creeper by Ian Hunter Author Ian Hunter reached out with details of his book, The Shoe Creeper and it sounded perfectly spooky and an ideal read for October. I chose to read this during the day as I was expecting some s…

It’s the last day on The Shoe Creeper blog/review tour and the first of TWO is up! Thank you, Erin (erinlynhamilton on Insta), for a fab review. So glad you enjoyed it and grateful that you could take part ☺️🎃

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Today is the penultimate day of The Shoe Creeper blog/review tour! Big thank you to Sue for this one ☺️🍂

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Today’s stop on The Shoe Creeper blog/review tour comes from the lovely Ellie (missg_primaryteacher on Instagram)
who read it in one go! 😮 Thanks, Ellie! You can check out her review here:

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A link to the book is also below ☺️

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 14th October 8-9pm BST with the fabulous @alatkinson.bsky.social - who will be chatting all about book 2 of #SpooksmithsInvestigate - Circus of Shadows. All welcome to come along and join in the chat over on Twitter/X 🙂
#writingcommunity #writerslife #kidlit

☺️ The fun part is no announced release date means work without eeking! 😁 #ukteenchat

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Top tip! #ukteenchat

Thanks, Emma! Loved catching up! You truly are the gif queen! I’d love to come back in the future. I just need to ummmm write an entire book from scratch 😂 #ukteenchat Thanks everyone else who has been joining in with the chat! ☺️

Exactly! And sometimes we just need to be happy that we get anything done! 😂 Write and enjoy, then edit later 😁 #ukteenchat

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So excited to see what happens to him next 😊 #ukteenchat

I try my best to do one thing at a time, but I like to work on something different when the manuscript is off with an editor etc. My next book with be starting at zero words so will be a strange feeling! Looking forward to it! #ukteenchat

I think you’re well placed for a supervisor job! #ukteenchat 🙌

There is a lot happening all around us all the time, taking up our mental capacity and sometimes weighing heavily on what we do in life. My advice is be kind to (and patient with) yourself in what you do, and enjoy your craft. If you enjoy it, it will show in your work too🥳 #kindnesswins #ukteenchat

Absolutely. I have several spooky and monster type ideas. Just need to go with what feels right at the time. I’m looking forward to diving back into the world of Fyn Carter. I just really want to ensure I go in prepared as he has a big journey ahead! #ukteenchat

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I’m hoping they’ll be nom nom! Ps - I may have had a cut off and know they already do 😂 Don’t tell anyone 🤫 #ukteenchat

I’m spending a few weeks catching up with admin at last, sorting my writing space, and preparing for events. Then I’ll be tightening plans for the rest of the #FynCarter series before officially starting Fyn Carter 3. I’ll also be picking an idea to work on between Fyn Carter drafts… 👻 #ukteenchat

Love this 👍🙌 #ukteenchat

Phew! Not the best lighting, but they are calling to me! #ukteenchat

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‘Began’ and ‘started’ IFKYK #ukteenchat