shortlisted for the Guardian Childrenâs Fiction Award. Hersubsequent books,
Verdigris Deep
,
Gullstruck Island
,
Twilight Robbery
and
A Face Like Glass
are also aimed at children and young adults.
Frances is seldom seen without her hat and is addicted to volcanoes.
Katherine Langrish is the internationally published author of several childrenâs fantasy novels including the Viking trilogy
Troll Fell
,
Troll Mill
and
Troll Blood
(HarperCollins), recommended in the School Library Associationâs âTop 160 Books for Boysâ, republished in one volume as
West of the Moon
. Her fourth book,
Dark Angels
(US title
The Shadow Hunt
, HarperCollins) was listed as one of Kirkus Reviewsâ Best Books for Children 2010, and the US Board on Books for Young Peopleâs Outstanding International Books 2011. Her writing is strongly influenced by folklore and legends, and has often been compared with Alan Garnerâs. Katherine lives in Oxfordshire and is currently writing a two-part YA dystopia.
Rhiannon Lassiter is an author of science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, ârealist magicismâ, psychological horror and thriller novels for juniors,teenagers and young adults. She was born in 1977 and is the eldest daughter of award-winning childrenâs author Mary Hoffman.
Rhiannonâs first novel,
Hex
, was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old. She completed the book and a sequel while at university reading English Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Rhiannon has published eleven further novels, a non-fiction book about the supernatural and co-edited an anti-war anthology of poetry and prose,
Lines in the Sand
. Her psychological horror novel
Bad Blood
was nominated for six awards including the Guardian Prize and the BookTrust Prize. Her most recent novel,
Ghost of a Chance
, was published in February 2011.
Her favourite authors include Ursula LeGuin, Margaret Mahy and Octavia Butler. Her own novels explore themes of identity, change and becoming.
Rhiannon lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom. Her ambition is to be the first writer-in-residence on the Moon.
Frances Thomas was born in Wales, but brought up in South London. She has written many books, including, for children,
I Found Your Diary
and
Pollyâs Running Away Book
. Her most recent adult book is a
A Bracelet of Bright Hair
and her biography of Christina Rossetti has also just been reissued. She has won the Tir na nOg prize four times for her childrenâs books. Before she retired she used to also work as a teacher of dyslexic children. Now she lives with her husband in the middle of Wales.
Liz Williams is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. She is currently published by Bantam Spectra (US) and Tor Macmillan (UK), also Night Shade Press, and appears regularly in Realms of Fantasy, Asimovâs and other magazines. She is the secretary of the Milford SF Writersâ Workshop, and also teaches creative writing and the history of Science Fiction.
This electronic edition published in September 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing
Collection copyright © 2013 Catherine Butler
Stories copyright © 2013 Katherine Langrish, Susan Cooper,
Liz Williams, Frances Hardinge, Frances Thomas,
Catherine Butler, Rhiannon Lassiter
First published 2013 by
A & C Black
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
50 Bedford Square,
London, WC1B 3DP
www.bloomsbury.com
The right of Catherine Butler to be identified as the compiler of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved
You may not copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (including without limitation electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, printing, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of
Verdigris Deep
,
Gullstruck Island
,
Twilight Robbery
and
A Face Like Glass
are also aimed at children and young adults.
Frances is seldom seen without her hat and is addicted to volcanoes.
Katherine Langrish is the internationally published author of several childrenâs fantasy novels including the Viking trilogy
Troll Fell
,
Troll Mill
and
Troll Blood
(HarperCollins), recommended in the School Library Associationâs âTop 160 Books for Boysâ, republished in one volume as
West of the Moon
. Her fourth book,
Dark Angels
(US title
The Shadow Hunt
, HarperCollins) was listed as one of Kirkus Reviewsâ Best Books for Children 2010, and the US Board on Books for Young Peopleâs Outstanding International Books 2011. Her writing is strongly influenced by folklore and legends, and has often been compared with Alan Garnerâs. Katherine lives in Oxfordshire and is currently writing a two-part YA dystopia.
Rhiannon Lassiter is an author of science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, ârealist magicismâ, psychological horror and thriller novels for juniors,teenagers and young adults. She was born in 1977 and is the eldest daughter of award-winning childrenâs author Mary Hoffman.
Rhiannonâs first novel,
Hex
, was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old. She completed the book and a sequel while at university reading English Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Rhiannon has published eleven further novels, a non-fiction book about the supernatural and co-edited an anti-war anthology of poetry and prose,
Lines in the Sand
. Her psychological horror novel
Bad Blood
was nominated for six awards including the Guardian Prize and the BookTrust Prize. Her most recent novel,
Ghost of a Chance
, was published in February 2011.
Her favourite authors include Ursula LeGuin, Margaret Mahy and Octavia Butler. Her own novels explore themes of identity, change and becoming.
Rhiannon lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom. Her ambition is to be the first writer-in-residence on the Moon.
Frances Thomas was born in Wales, but brought up in South London. She has written many books, including, for children,
I Found Your Diary
and
Pollyâs Running Away Book
. Her most recent adult book is a
A Bracelet of Bright Hair
and her biography of Christina Rossetti has also just been reissued. She has won the Tir na nOg prize four times for her childrenâs books. Before she retired she used to also work as a teacher of dyslexic children. Now she lives with her husband in the middle of Wales.
Liz Williams is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. She is currently published by Bantam Spectra (US) and Tor Macmillan (UK), also Night Shade Press, and appears regularly in Realms of Fantasy, Asimovâs and other magazines. She is the secretary of the Milford SF Writersâ Workshop, and also teaches creative writing and the history of Science Fiction.
This electronic edition published in September 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing
Collection copyright © 2013 Catherine Butler
Stories copyright © 2013 Katherine Langrish, Susan Cooper,
Liz Williams, Frances Hardinge, Frances Thomas,
Catherine Butler, Rhiannon Lassiter
First published 2013 by
A & C Black
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
50 Bedford Square,
London, WC1B 3DP
www.bloomsbury.com
The right of Catherine Butler to be identified as the compiler of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved
You may not copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (including without limitation electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, printing, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of
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