About the Author

Lucy Christopher is a British-Australian writer, whose first YA novel Stolen was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, won a 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book Award, and received the UK’s Branford Boase Award. Lucy has written several other novels for young people, was the director of the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, and is now a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Tasmania. Release, a companion to Stolen, is her first novel for adults. When not writing, Lucy spends her time daydreaming, walking dogs, and visiting family and friends spread across the world. She is passionate about the importance of wild environments.

Reviews

‘Gripping and totally twisted—you’ll break social engagements so you can stay home and finish it.’
*Christian White, author of Wild Place*

‘Utterly compelling, clever, heart-stopping.’
*Jo Nadin, author of The Talk of Pram Town*

‘Daring, edgy and electric.’
*Samantha Harvey, author of The Western Wind*

‘Dark, compelling and unsettling.’
*Claire Kendal, author of I Spy*

‘Furiously passionate prose, clean as a bone.’
*C.J. Skuse, author of the Sweetpea series*

‘A twisted tale of idealised love and sweet revenge as victim becomes predator. Gemma/Kate is vulnerable, fierce and unhinged as she sets about righting the wrongs of her past. Release is an urgent, addictive and provocative exploration of trauma, love and redemption.’
*Loraine Peck, winner of the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction*

‘Absolutely haunting and atmospheric, yet so, so twisted.’
*Readings Monthly*

‘A gripping, addictive story of confronting your past, healing the scars of trauma and, ultimately, redemption.’
*Readings*

‘[A]n intense, powerful account of Kate’s ambivalence and obsession in the wake of trauma…Captivating.’
*ArtsHub*

‘Captivating.’
*Wales Arts Review*