Emma Trevayne is a full-time writer. She is an avid music collector, a lover of computer code languages, and a photographer. She is the author of Coda, Chorus, Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times, and Spindrift and the Orchid. She has lived in Canada, England, and America.
[F]ast-paced, escalating suspense...the novel's strength lies in
worldbuilding and vivid descriptions, and Anglophiles will likely
enjoy the historical-cultural references.-- "Kirkus Reviews on
Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times"
Fairies, fakers, and family all play important roles in a story
that effortlessly combines magic and reality.-- "Booklist"
Full of mystery and suspense, this fantasy adventure presents a
likable main character, an eye into historical London, and an
opportunity to recognize that sometimes it is our very ordinariness
that makes us special.-- "School Library Journal (STARRED
REVIEW)"
In this steampunk fantasy...no one character is all good or all
bad, and Trevayne explores their motivations and machinations
thoroughly. The richly drawn world and inventive steampunk elements
help this novel stand out from the pack of middle-grade
fantasy.--School Library Journal, on Flights and Chimes and
Mysterious Times
Once action passes through to Londinium the pace picks up and the
steampunk narrative starts to hum. Jack's mechanical ability is put
to good use, but it is the power of loyalty and friendship that
gives the story its strength and drives it to a rousing
conclusion.-- "The Horn Book Magazine, on Flights and Chimes and
Mysterious Times"
Readers will find that this darkly intriguing faery story has an
appealingly grounded hero.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Trevayne creates a highly entertaining twist on a fairy tale. Full
of hidden messages, midnight graveyard escapades, unlikely
friendships, magic, and deceit, it's an engaging tale of one boy's
efforts to find himself and hisway back home.-- "Publishers
Weekly"
"So full of verve and imagination that the sinister steampunk world
practically pops off the page. The prose sparkles, the inventions
astonish, and the characters are ones you'll root for from the
moment you meet them. Loved it, beginning to end."--Stefan Bachman,
author of The Peculiar on Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times
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