Career
His first novel for young adults, Loathing Lola, was released in August 2008 through Pan Macmillan. Kostakis scored his first publishing contract at 17, while still completing his final year of high school, Newington College. He began work on a variant of Loathing Lola when he was 11 years old, and has since been refining lieutenant a popular addition to the mid-teen market" by Allison Paterson at Magpies Magazine, and rated four stars by Anastasia Gonis at Good Reading Magazine, who said, "The story sparkles through the humorous dialogue of a cast of cleverly chosen characters".
