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Biographical note
Julia Golding is a multi-award winning children’s author who has been awarded both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A former British diplomat and Oxfam policy adviser, Golding also has a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford University, and was writer-in-residence at the Royal Institution in 2019. Anavid Jane Austen fan, her Jane Austen-themed podcast 'What Would Jane Do?' offers a 19th century take on modern life. Golding is the successfulauthor of The Curious Science Quest series, The Tigers in the Tower andthe Jane Austen Investigates series.Julia Golding has a great storytelling gift; she writes with inventiveness and brio, telling a tale packed with incident but not skimping on detail and atmosphere.
- Linda Newbery, author of The Key to Flambards,
In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking.
- Roger Wagner, artist and painter,
A murder, a dodo, a fantastical scientific setting all wrapped up in one mystery. A fabulous read.
- Andrew Briggs, author and professor of nanomaterials at the University of Oxford,
The beauty of thought, the wonder of discovery, and the vivid descriptions of the museum are enthralling; all this amid the excitement and tension of a murderer on the loose. A truly wonderful read, and of course I could not escape thinking about our own museum in London, albeit, that is, on a smaller scale. I encourage readers to enjoy the novel and to savour the interview at the culmination of the book.
- Shaun Fitzgerald, director, The Royal Institution,
In this mythical alternative history where girls are forbidden to study, Ree and her trusty dodo solve a murder in the science museum. Action-packed with themes from across the history of science, this book is sure to delight young and older readers alike.
- Professor A. A. Louis, Rudolph Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics,