Not Going To Plan

NOT GOING TO PLAN is a truly hilarious, moving and beautiful novel that captures teenagehood, its pressures and its complexities so perfectly; it’s such a vital story that I hope will spark much needed and long overdue conversations about agency, consent and our right to choose, and I absolutely adore Marnie and Zed; they will stay with me for a very long time. – Margaret McDonald, author of Glasgow BoysTold from two perspectives, this poignant, powerful, often hilarious 14+ verse novel asks questions about respect, consent and how to hold it together when the plan falls apart. – Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *After being expelled from private school, Marnie forms an unlikely friendship with class nerd Zed, which is then stretched to the limit when she falls pregnant by a boy who only pretended to use birth control. Fisher doesn’t shy away from contentious topics - her excellent debut, Crossing the Line, explored county line recruitment - but her writing never feels preachy and her characters are real and complex. Her new book is a resonant and thought-provoking read, unsentimental but warm and funny. * The Observer *Fisher doesn’t shy away from contentious topics - her excellent debut, Crossing the Line, explored county line recruitment - but her writing never feels preachy and her characters are real and complex. Her new book is a resonant and thought-provoking read, unsentimental but warm and funny. – Fiona Noble * The Observer *Gorgeous, innovative and bold writing. UKYA at its finest. – Sara Barnard, author of A Quiet Kind of Thunder

Tia Fisher writes books for the rebel inside her. She spent her youth desperate to escape the boredom of a tiny village in Norfolk, writing poems of love and rebellion and reading indiscriminately through the shelves of the local library.

After being expelled from boarding school and dropping out of university, Tia had a bewildering variety of jobs - from TV presenter to ESOL teacher to artists’ model - before finding her happy place working in libraries and writing stories. In her fifties she went back to university, and is now the proud owner of a master’s degree in writing for young people. She recently moved back to Norwich and now she loves it.

Tia’s debut teen verse novel, Crossing the Line, was the winner of the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal and the UKLA 11-14+ prize, and is in the 2024 Reading for Empathy collection. In 2026 Piccadilly Press will publish Tia’s debut middle-grade story, Operation Doodlebug, which is set in World War Two.