Last year, a student of Christ's Hospital school and one of the previous Young Reporter Scheme winners Ifeoluwakiishi Bayo-Awonaike (Kiishi), wrote her first book at the age of 15.

Inspired by her faith, Kiishi's book Revelated is based on a Biblical prophecy from the Book of Revelation.

This passage in the Bible resonated with the author, who after reading it a number of times with her family and alone, decided it would make a thrilling plot for her book.

The novel involves two teenagers, one religious and one not, who are brought together by fate and need the support of each other if they are to have any hope of surviving an apocalypse.

The triumph of finishing this book did not come without its challenges. Firstly, Kiishi started planning it at only 13 years old, whilst still juggling her busy school lifestyle.

Furthermore, it took a lot of diligent and patient planning work over the summer before her ideas could finally be brought to life.

Kiishi claims that the process was made a lot easier by the support of her family and the help of her editor, who overlooked the final draft of the book.

Christ's Hospital, also warmly hosted a book launch in their library to promote and inspire other students.

For any other avid young writers out there, Kiishi has two pieces of advice. ‘Firstly don’t be afraid or feel bad about asking for help. Secondly, make sure you plan before you begin, which may seem tedious at first but is definitely worth it in the end.’

During this period, the young author was also writing articles for the Young Reporters Scheme. Although this was a completely different style to her fictitious novel, it proved to be a welcome change writing about real life events.

Writing is certainly at the heart of Kiishi's desires. She is currently attempting a sequel to her first book as well as a completing a new fantasy novel for her EPQ.

It is safe to say that a career in writing is on the horizon and we look forward to seeing the next chapter of Kiishi's creations.