Theresa Breslin is a critically acclaimed multi-award winning Scottish author. She is hugely popular with young people, librarians and teachers. She was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Whispers in the Graveyard, The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, Divided City was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and The Medici Seal was shortlisted for the Book Trust Teen Prize. Theresa lives in Glasgow.
Breslin's ability to weave a well-researched, page-turning plot around sympathetic, believable characters has been displayed before in The Medici Seal and The Nostradamus Prophecy ... It's unputdownable -- Amanda Craig The Times 20100703 From the past to the future via a highly unstable present ... Prisoner of the Inquisition has Christopher Columbus in a walk-on part, but the main story is of the families caught up in the Spanish Inquisition -- Jasmine Fassell Scotland on Sunday It's a fantastic, mesmerising and enjoyable book ... This is a brilliant tale of revenge, betrayal and courage. From the start I was gripped -- Shannon Waters Sugarscape 20110530