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Isabel Greenberg is a London-based illustrator and writer. She is the author of three critically acclaimed graphic novels, including Glass Town, and has been nominated for two Eisner Awards. She is also the illustrator of several children's books and an associate lecturer at University of the Arts London.
Vivid, stirring and magical -- Posy Simmonds, author of Gemma Bovery Glass Town is a book to savour, a captivating mash-up of fact and fantasy, with something wonderful on every page. I loved it -- Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith A totally immersive read into the world of the famous Brontë juvenilia, both of the fiction and its creators. The experience of this made-up world is so real, it brings us closer to the family themselves, and you feel like you understand what it was to be a Brontë sibling - gifted, isolated, tragic, and loved. Isabel Greenberg is the only one who could bring us here, having honed a perfect style that feels timeless, dark, and a little otherworldly. Who else but the Brontë children could appreciate that? -- Kate Beaton, author of Ducks An ingenious intertwining of real life and make believe, Glass Town explores the Brontës' creative impulse and its effect on their lives. It is the perfect combination of clever, crazy, and just a tiny bit creepy, and will appeal to anyone who has wondered about how imagination shapes us, as well as to card-carrying Brontë fans -- Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Peal Earring
