Lucy Brandt

Lucy Brandt is a mum of two young kids and lives and works in Brighton. She graduated from the University of York with a degree in English and since then she has worked for nearly twenty years in a variety of traditional and digital marketing roles, largely specialising in technology. When she’s not reading or writing, she loves dragging her reluctant family on walks up big hills and swimming in the sea.

Her debut middle grade novel, Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor, was published by Puffin in January 2022. Her second novel, Leonora Bolt: Deep Sea Calamity, was published later the same year. The third in the series, Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer, was published in April 2023, with the fourth, Leonora Bolt: The Great Gadget Games, following in August 2023.

Books

Leonora Bolt: The Great Gadget Games

Lucy Brandt

The fourth hilarious book in the brilliant STEM adventure series Leonora Bolt. With glorious illustrations by Gladys Jose throughout.

It’s Leonora first ever Christmas on Crabby Island!

Among homemade presents made out of recycled junk and boiled cabbage candy canes, she finds a mysterious invitation to a new, global invention competition: The Great Gadget Games.

The ho-ho-host is her evil Uncle Luther, and the judges are Harry and Eliza Bolt. . .Leonora’s kidnapped parents!

Leonora HAS to enter and WIN the competition – it’s got to be her best ever chance to finally rescue mum and dad, and foil Luther’s schemes once and for all!

All she needs is her imagination, a foolproof disguise, and help from some fellow young inventors.

Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer

Lucy Brandt

Uncle Luther is back! (And he’s got another outrageously evil plan to make his fortune!)

BrightWorld™ is a brand new amusement park built under a MASSIVE snow globe, hidden in the Perilous Desert.

The park is an environmental disaster, yet tickets are selling in their MILLIONS! What’s his secret?!

Together with her friends and pet otter Twitchy, secret inventor Leonora Bolt must battle sandstorms, navigate the Bizarre Bazaar, and shut down Luther. . . FOR GOOD.

Violet Baudelaire meets Peanut Jones in this epic STEM-themed adventure about believing in your brainpower – and yourself.

Leonora Bolt: Deep Sea Calamity

Lucy Brandt

Leonora isn’t supposed to be building a submarine in a tree. Or turning the local wildlife luminous. In fact, she is supposed to be keeping her head down and drawing no attention – because Leonora Bolt is an inventor in secret.

But she can’t stop thinking of the clues she found to her missing parents’ location. So, deep in hiding in Snorebury, desperately trying to avoid being discovered by her evil uncle, Leonora is hatching a plan.

So what if involves launching a homemade submarine into the middle of the ocean, accompanied only by a couple of friends and an otter with particularly sensitive whiskers? For when disaster strikes, Leonora’s wackiest plan might just be her most brilliant yet..

Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor

Lucy Brandt

Orphaned Leonora lives on a remote island, spending her days making brilliantly cool inventions. When a strange boy called Jack washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that her evil Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland, a laugh-out-loud adventure begins – complete with furry otters, confused pirates, and a very secret society…