WHITEFIELD schoolgirl Katie Schofield is one of five Lancashire children whose work will appear in a Christmas book of short stories after winning the Staples' Writing Competition.

Katie, aged 13, from Whitefield was one of 13,000 entries and her work will appear in the book "Curious" which contains a foreword by HRH The Princess Royal, patron of the National Autistic Society, which will benefit from the sales of the book. It will be available through Staples Stores and House of Fraser stores for £1.