Season of Secrets

“A haunting and unforgettable new novel … a beautiful story of love, healing and strange magic. Resonant of classics such as The Owl Service by Alan Garner, Whistle Down the Wind by Mary Hayley Bell and Skellig by David Almond … Sally Nicholls is simply an exceptionally talented writer” * Lovereading *“Poignant and gripping … Sally Nicholls intertwines ancient myths of pagan gods with an emotive and touching love story” * The Bookseller *“A stand-out story … exciting [and] profound” – Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *“Nicholls is a writer of enormous power and strength, using an ancient myth in new and surprising ways. A wonderful, evocative, lively book” * Literary Review *“A poignant novel exploring the complexities of childhood grief, its many manifestations and its healing” * Irish Times *

Sally Nicholls grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and after school, travelled the world, working for a period at a Red Cross hospital in Japan. Sally’s first novel, Ways to Live Forever, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and she has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Costa Children’s Book Award, and the Carnegie Medal, twice. She lives in Liverpool with her husband and two sons.