Diane Setterfield and Lauren Owen
Diane Setterfield is the author of the international bestseller The Thirteenth Tale which was made into an acclaimed film by the BBC starring Olivia Coleman and Vanessa Redgrave in 2013. Her new novel Bellman & Black is another wonderful page-turner – a deftly written, mysterious and captivating ghost story that is a masterpiece of storytelling.
‘If you want an original take on the gothic novel, pick up a copy of Bellman and Black....’ Big Issue
The Quick is a major new debut adventure from one of the most gifted of a new generation of British writers, Lauren Owen. Lauren has created an utterly beguiling fantastical world – emotionally involving and suspenseful that will dazzle you as the secrets of The Quick reveal themselves…
Lauren grew up in the grounds of a boarding school in Yorkshire. She is completing a PhD on Gothic writing and fan culture, and is the recipient of the UEA creative-writing programme's prestigious Curtis Brown Prize.
‘A sly and glittering addition to the literature of the macabre…As soon as you have breathed with relief, much worse horrors begin’ Hilary Mantel
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