Fleur Bradley is the author of many mysteries for kids, including Midnight at the Barclay Hotel and Daybreak on Raven Island.
Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado with her family.
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JJ Jacobson convinces his mom to accept an invitation to an all-expenses-paid weekend getaway at the illustrious Barclay Hotel. He thinks he’s in for a run-of-the-mill ghost hunting at the most haunted spot in town, but when he arrives at the Barclay Hotel, he finds himself in the midst of a murder mystery.
Now, with the help of his new friends, Penny and Emma, JJ has to track down a killer and maybe even meet a ghost or two along the way.
Fleur Bradley is the author of many mysteries for kids, including Midnight at the Barclay Hotel and Daybreak on Raven Island. Midnight at the Barclay Hotel was nominated for the Reading the West and the Agatha and Anthony Award. It won the Colorado Book Award and Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award.
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel is also on the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award list and recently won Florida’s Sunshine State Young Readers Award. Daybreak on Raven Island was nominated for the Anthony and Agatha Awards, won the Colorado Authors League Book Award for Best Juvenile Book, and is on the 2024-25 Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet Award List.
Fleur regularly does school and virtual visits, as well as librarian and educator conference talks. She’s also a writing instructor and coach. Her signature topics are reaching reluctant readers, writing the book of your heart, love of mysteries, and the power of reading. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado with her family.
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