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Anne Fine has been an acknowledged top author in the children's book world since her first book was published in the mid 1970s, and has now written more than forty books and won virtually every major award going, including the Carnegie Medal (more than once), the Whitbread Children's Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize and others. Anne was appointed the Children's Laureate from 2001-2003. She lives in the North-East.
Anne Fine is right on top form in The Devil Walks, a page-turning sinister tale where the tension mounts to the very end . . . Now read on! A splendid child's introduction to the gothic -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller * A superb and subtle writer . . . a joyful marriage of style and content . . . The Devil Walks is immediately a classic in its own right -- Mal Peet * Guardian * It is a pitch-perfect Gothic thriller * Daily Telegraph * Recommended, but not for a dark and stormy night * Financial Times * Crackling with suspense, The Devil Walks is a dense psychological thriller set in a richly imagined past. Moody and unsettling, it is filled with intrigue and uncertainty to keep the readers guessing until the last page -- Jake Hope * The Bookseller *
