Back in SWORDHAND territory a new gothic novel featuring the Shadow Queen and Peter from the bestselling novel. SWORDHAND winner of the Book Trust Teen Prize 2007 and boasted sales of over 45,000 copies. Total Marcus Sedgwick sales of over 330,000. Rights for Marcus Sedgwick's book have been sold in 20 territories. Major marketing and publicity planned. SWORDHAND published to excellent reviews: 'a heart-stopping read' (Amanda Craig, The Times). ' ... with broad and elegant strokes [Sedgwick] paints a chilling and irresistibly Gothic picture of the fight of good against evil ... This isn't a genre book. It is a novel of quality.' (Jill Murphy, thebookbag.co.uk). 'Sedgwick has taken early vampire legends and masterfully crafted them into this dark tale. His story is like a journey into a beautiful gothic painting ... ' (Daily Telegraph).
Marcus Sedgwick has worked in children's publishing for ten years and before that he was a bookseller. Marcus lives in Sussex and has a young daughter, Alice.
'With his formidable skill, Marcus Sedgwick renders Venice the most perfect backdrop for this intensely gripping vampire action' THE BOOKSELLER 'Concise and elegant, creepy and tense...All junior fans of horror should read [The Kiss of Death]' THE BOOKBAG 'A heart stopping and beautiful novel...Sedgwick is at his beguiling best in this novel and it's almost certainly heading for all the major book award shortlists' LOVE READING.COM
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