Her third novel Like A Charm was published in February 2022 by Knights Of and was also Children's Book of the Week in The Times, as well as being reviewed as 'Another fiercely gripping, superbly original story' by The Guardian. It was nominated for Best Children's Fiction in the 2021 Books Are My Bag Awards, and McNicoll was also nominated for Best Breakthrough Author. It was also the Children's Book of the Month, as chosen by Blackwell's. Her second novel, Show Us Who You Are, was published in March, 2021, and was Children's Book of the Week in The Times. McNicoll's debut was also named Overall Book of the Year by Blackwell's, beating titles in the Adult Market. McNicoll was also nominated for the Branford Boase Award and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. It also won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, voted for by children. The book was children's book of the week in The Times and The Sunday Times, and won both the Overall and Younger Fiction prizes at the 2021 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. McNicoll's debut novel, A Kind of Spark (2020) follows the efforts of an autistic eleven-year-old girl, Addie, to establish a memorial to the witch trials in her Scottish hometown. McNicoll has been described as 'undoubtedly an outstanding new talent in children’s books will inspire readers young and old for generations to come”. Elle McNicoll (born October 5, 1992) is a Scottish bestselling children's writer.

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll