Sarah Onions
@oneyearonenight.bsky.social
I am a published author in N America + elsewhere, working with my writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters.
Our pen name is SL Roman because we thought our real names sounded like a veg delivery service.
One Year One Night was published by Red Chair Press.
Our pen name is SL Roman because we thought our real names sounded like a veg delivery service.
One Year One Night was published by Red Chair Press.
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Two writers based in London have been inspired by WW2 photographer Lee Miller.
SL Roman, by the wartime uniform of U.S. photographer Lee Miller. Authors SL Roman, otherwise known as Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions got fresh inspiration from the Tate Britain exhibition.…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Our royally-supported novel now gets an airing on Spotify.
OYON gets a new audio platform. Fans of listening to stories can now hear our first Young Adult Novel on the digital audio podcast. One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in North America las…
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
2nd Annual Newton Children's Book Festival - Pragmatic Mom url:https://www.pragmaticmom.com/2025/09/2nd-annual-newton-childrens-book-festival/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4ubuceHHZZpT6ZTb_HjNV90vOC7B5TWs5xCZNHtepeF0IrYYOD-AnPxcvkyg_aem_kwFm__hAFxSvqZNnS6j8PQ
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2nd Annual Newton Children's Book Festival - Pragmatic Mom url:https://www.pragmaticmom.com/2025/09/2nd-annual-newton-childrens-book-festival/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4ubuceHHZZpT6ZTb_HjNV90vOC7B5TWs5xCZNHtepeF0IrYYOD-AnPxcvkyg_aem_kwFm__hAFxSvqZNnS6j8PQ
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October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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The Queen of England has praised the writers of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
Sarah Onions – one half of SL Roman sent a copy of the Young Adult wartime romance to Camilla and she replied with a heartfelt thanks, support for the effort and the intention of reading the book w…
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September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@theeghammuseum.bsky.social Hi. I wanted to get in contact regards our story which started in Egham.Is this the right place to communicate, please?
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
@theeghammuseum.bsky.social Hi. I wanted to get in contact regards our story which started in Egham.Is this the right place to communicate, please?
oneyearonenight.uk/2025/08/10/t...
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The co-authors of One Year One Night by SL Roman are no slouch when it comes to research.
The original boy who was the inspiration for their first YA novel was killed by a stray bomb dropped on the town of Egham in southern England, in November 1940. There’s a plaque in Egham…
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August 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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My thoughts on using media contacts to promote the UK edition of our first Young Adult Novel. Plus trying to sell it. @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
My thoughts on using media contacts to promote the UK edition of our first Young Adult Novel. Plus trying to sell it. @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
Learning to read spreadsheets for sales of the UK edition of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
I’ve been looking at the figures from a KDP Amazon spreadsheet for the UK edition of our first YA novel. It’s great to get a wider look at the sales and also examine some of the granular detail, al…
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July 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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My thoughts on using media contacts to promote the UK edition of our first Young Adult Novel. Plus trying to sell it. @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
My thoughts on using media contacts to promote the UK edition of our first Young Adult Novel. Plus trying to sell it. @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
Promoting a novel online vs going out to meet readers. Our first Young Adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in America last year. On sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
May 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Promoting a novel online vs going out to meet readers. Our first Young Adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in America last year. On sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
May 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Promoting a novel online vs going out to meet readers. Our first Young Adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in America last year. On sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
VE day street party in London was the perfect place to sell our YA novel-One Year One Night by SL Roman. That’s me + my writing partner L Meloni Bywaters.
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
May 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
VE day street party in London was the perfect place to sell our YA novel-One Year One Night by SL Roman. That’s me + my writing partner L Meloni Bywaters.
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
VE day street party in London was the perfect place to sell our YA novel-One Year One Night by SL Roman. That’s me + my writing partner L Meloni Bywaters.
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Streatham.
For more flavour of wartime romance lnkd.in/ea7XB3qC or - in the US: lnkd.in/eSP-d2vK
We’ve had rosy reviews 4 our first Young Adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman, published in the US last year. On sale in the usual places. @cbsnews.com @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @bbclondon.bsky.social @redchairpress.bsky.social @.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We’ve had rosy reviews 4 our first Young Adult novel One Year One Night by SL Roman, published in the US last year. On sale in the usual places. @cbsnews.com @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @bbclondon.bsky.social @redchairpress.bsky.social @.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social
@jazzfmuk.bsky.social Chris Phillips’ breakfast show fantastic this week.
March 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@jazzfmuk.bsky.social Chris Phillips’ breakfast show fantastic this week.
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Rosy reviews for SL Roman’s One Year One Night.
Our first Young Adult novel has had a range of very good reviews. One of the most pleasing was from Kirkus – the prestigious website based in New York which welcomed a ‘heart-wrenching and beautifu…
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March 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reposted by Sarah Onions
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Read the latest blogpost for our 1st young adult novel ‘One Year One Night by SL Roman. It’s published by Red Chair Press in N America. With Laura Meloni Bywaters.
@bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
Read the latest blogpost for our 1st young adult novel ‘One Year One Night by SL Roman. It’s published by Red Chair Press in N America. With Laura Meloni Bywaters.
@bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
1940 Londoners changed their look
World War 2 brought a change in the way Londoners presented themselves. Women wore a Victory Roll hairdo which mimicked the turn of the British bomber’s wings when they dropped their deadly load. P…
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January 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Read the latest blogpost for our 1st young adult novel ‘One Year One Night by SL Roman. It’s published by Red Chair Press in N America. With Laura Meloni Bywaters.
@bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
Read the latest blogpost for our 1st young adult novel ‘One Year One Night by SL Roman. It’s published by Red Chair Press in N America. With Laura Meloni Bywaters.
@bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social
oneyearonenight.uk/2025/01/02/w... Here’s the latest blogpost for our first young adult novel on sale with Red Chair Press in North America. @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbclondon.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social @redchairpress.bsky.social
WW2 changed lives of ordinary UK women
The heroine of One Year One Night by SL Roman is teenage Annie who keeps a diary of the huge changes in 1940. As a young woman her life is altered dramatically. Her father leaves for the Army and i…
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January 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
oneyearonenight.uk/2025/01/02/w... Here’s the latest blogpost for our first young adult novel on sale with Red Chair Press in North America. @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social @bbcstever.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbclondon.bsky.social @theeghammuseum.bsky.social @redchairpress.bsky.social