Highway Bodies

Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse?

Bodies on the TV, explosions, barriers, and people fleeing. No access to social media. And a dad who'll suddenly bite your head off - literally. These teens have to learn a new resilience...

Members of a band wield weapons instead of instruments.

A pair of siblings find there's only so much you can joke about, when the menace is this strong.

And a couple find depth among the chaos.

Highway Bodies is a unique zombie apocalypse story featuring a range of queer and gender non-conforming teens who have lost their families and friends and can only rely upon each other.

Highway Bodies was published in 2019 by Echo Publishing. You can buy a copy at your local bookshop or find it at your local library. I like Rabble Books and Hares and Hyenas.

Awards

Shortlisted for the Readings YA Prize 2019
Highly Commended in the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards 2020

Representation

I list these so that readers who are looking for particular representations can find them.

There are three POV characters: Dee, Jojo and an unnamed girl.

Dee is bisexual. Her friends Poppy and Zufan are Ethiopian. Everyone in Dee’s band is queer.

Jojo is nonbinary, bisexual and has several fingers missing, and their twin sister Rhea is bisexual. Caitlin is an asexual lesbian.

The unnamed girl is a trans girl, wlw. She meets and falls in love with a Pakistani wlw girl.