MARCUS SEDGWICKis a writer of over 40 books foradults and young adults including Midwinterblood and The Monsters We Deserve. An acclaimed and bestselling author, Marcus has won multiple prestigious awards including the Michael L. Printz Award,the Branford-Boase Award, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. He has been shortlisted for over forty other awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.Marcus has been announced as one of the two UK nominations for the 2022Hans Christian Andersen Award.
""Such a delicately wrought and cleverly done piece of climate fiction, told through the lens of teenagers' lives. Really beautiful"" – Lauren James, author ""A brilliantly unsettling novel that readers will race through!"" – Sarah Crossan, author ""Meaningful. Powerful. Wonderful"" – Tom Palmer, author ""So, so good. A treasure. Exactly as brilliant as I thought it would be"" – Dan Smith, author ""A wonder of a book … brilliantly clever, eerie tale by the legendary Marcus Sedgwick."" – Emma Carroll, author ""Fast-paced and engaging … Set during the Covid-19 pandemic, Sedgwick accurately conveys how the combined threat of climate change, and the pandemic negatively affected people’s lives."" – Children's Books Ireland ""Standard Sedgwick. Brilliant and everything the children’s book industry requires."" – NetGalley review