L.D. Lapinski

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-01

L.D. Lapinski, whose full name is Lucy D Lapinski, was born in Scotland in 1987 and writes mainly young adult and children's fiction, including fantasy. They live just outside Sherwood Forest with their family, a large collection of books and a cat named Hector. They wrote their first book at the age of seven, made from lined paper and sticky tape, about a frog who owns an aeroplane. They hold an MA in Creative Writing. Their first genre story, Maglev, appeared in the 2014 anthology After the Fall. The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, published by Hachette Children's Group, is their debut series. Later work includes the Artezans books, The Forgotten Magic (2024) and The Whispering World (2025), a Doctor Who tie-in novel, and adult fiction published under the name Lucy Lapinska.

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Books

• The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (2020) · The Strangeworlds Travel Agency Core Canon
• The Edge of the Ocean (2021) · The Strangeworlds Travel Agency Core Canon
• The Secrets of the Stormforest (2022) · The Strangeworlds Travel Agency Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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