GDST sisters publish debut novel after successful Kickstarter campaign

Two GDST students have seen their dream of becoming published authors made real after they ran a successful fundraising campaign, to get their newly penned books published.

Kirsten, a Year 8 pupil from Northampton High School, together with her 10-year-old sister Aiyven, also now a pupil at Northampton High, started a campaign earlier this year to raise enough money to cover the publishing costs.

The girls, aged 12 and 10, needed to raise a minimum of £5,000 by mid-March in order to get their historical fiction and fantasy adventure novels, the Sagas of Anya and Land of the Nurogons published. Their Kickstarter campaign proved to be a smash hit; their campaign went viral, with donations arriving from across the world and the girls made a whopping £5,563. The sisters took delivery of their published novels last month and have gained publicity along the way, featuring on the BBC and in The Week Junior.

Kirsten and Aiyven were inspired to write their first books after competing in the BBC Radio 500 Words competition and have now seen their hard work brought to life. Their books are available on Amazon or mbawabooks.co.uk

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