Hodder Children's buys 'terrifying' YA from Sigmarsdottir

Hodder Children's Books has bought an epic science fiction teen novel from Sif Sigmarsdottir, who is a bestselling author in her native Iceland and is now writing in the English language for the first time. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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