The Silent Stars Go By

“Nuanced and evocative, this is bittersweet perfection” * Books of the Year, Guardian *“Sally Nicholls conjures another era with a miraculous lightness of touch that fills me with joy and envy. Her characters don’t just leap off the page, they grab you by the collar, demand your sympathy and surprise you at every turn” – Frances Hardinge“Gorgeously bittersweet, a festive classic in the making” * Books of the Year, Observer *“An engulfing historical novel” * Books of the Year, The Times *“A page-turner” * Books of the Year, Telegraph *

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.