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Robin McKinley is an American writer and has won many awards in the US, including the Newbery Medal for THE HERO AND THE CROWN and a Newbery Honor for THE BLUE SWORD. She now lives in Hampshire with her husband, author Peter Dickinson, three whippets, five hundred rose bushes and a 1965 cream-coloured MGB convertible.
A fairy tale, but also a long, leisurely, sophisticated narrative which makes no linguistic compromises... Spindle's End's subject is magical perils, but as a novel it is an almost utopian love story. A curious and distinctive book Books for Keeps A skilful retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale... This is electrifying story-telling, a must-read for fans of quality fantasy of any age -- Anne Marley Financial Times I would recommend very few of the novels written for teenagers that pass through my hands to a discerning adult reader. So this is a bit of a find. An extraordinarily imaginative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale, McKinley's book is genuinely enchanting but emotionally tough Guardian Written with rich inventiveness, good characters and real stylistic skill and flair, it is a fat treat in which to lose yourself -- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times
