A resident of Hackney, Abigail enjoys karaoke, Netflix, tea, learning languages, women-fronted rock bands, and kickarse female characters. Dead Girls is her third novel. Her second novel Golden Boy, published in 7 languages to date, was a recipient of a 2014 American Library Association ALEX award for stories with special importance for teen readers, as well as a finalist for the Best Debut LGBT Fiction LAMBDA Award in the same year.
Feminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphanies -- Shelley Harris, author of <i>Jubilee </i>and <i>Vigilante</i> Harriet the Spy is all grown up - and readying herself to take on the darkness of the adult world. This somehow manages to combine mystery, thriller, horror, and a lovely elegy to lost friendship . . . Completely unforgettable -- Emma Flint, author of <i>Little Deaths</i> Gripping. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller -- Matt Haig, author of <i>The Humans</i> and <i>How to Stop Time</i>, on <i>Golden Boy</i> Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of <i>Station Eleven, </i>on <i>Golden Boy</i> Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book -- S J Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep, </i>on <i>Golden Boy</i>