A magical and gripping time travel adventure for children aged eight to 11. In my first childrens book, The Secret Lake, Stella (aged 11) and Tom (aged 8), while trying to find their elderly neighbours. I have two boys, George and Nick (all grown up now) who inspired me to write when they were younger. Karen Inglis describes it as ''a time travel mystery adventure with modern twists - the kind of adventure that I loved to read as a child, but brought right up to date' Publisher: Well Said Press. A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel, and a secret lake. Im an international bestselling childrens author based in London, UK and I write for children from ages 3-11. Now in its fifth year, the adult fiction category is being judged by Carolyn Mays of Bedford Square Publishers, Jacks Thomas of BolognaBookPlus, and Chris White of Nielsen BookScan while the judges for the third year of the memoir/autobiography category are freelance editor Ben Brock, publishing consultant Malcolm Edwards, and Ben Hughes of IngramSpark and those for the children’s book category, now in its fourth year, are media consultant Helen McAleer, writer and journalist Nicolette Jones, and Sophie Gilligan from the London Book Fair. The Secret Lake has been described by readers as a 'modern Tom's Midnight Garden' and compared in atmosphere with The Secret Garden.

The secret lake by karen inglis