Marcus Sedgwick is a widely admired, prizewinning author of YA fiction. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He has won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is Singing. A LOVE LIKE BLOOD is his first novel for adults.
'Marcus Sedgwick is a true original' -- Independent on The Book of Dead Days 'Like Pullman, Sedgwick draws characters so magnetic that readers will find it hard to look away.' -- Booklist on My Swordhand is Singing 'You're in safe hands with Sedgwick' -- Guardian on The Book of Dead Days