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Biographical note
Christelle Dabos was born on the Côte d’Azur in 1980 and grew up in a home filled with classical music and historical games. She now lives in Belgium. The Mirror Visitor, her debut series, won the Gallimard Jeunesse-RTL-Télérama First Novel Competition, and every book in the series has proved to be a runaway bestseller. A Winter’s Promise was shortlisted for Waterstones’ Children’s Book Prize in 2019. Hildegarde Serle graduated from Oxford University. After working as a newspaper subeditor in London, she obtained the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. She is the translator of The Mirror Visitor series."A gripping and disturbing read: sharp, intense and coolly observant of school day relationships and transgressions."
Daily Mail
"A dense fever dream."
Kirkus Reviews
"Christelle Dabos captivates readers of all ages."
Lire
"Imagine all your middle-school nightmares made manifest. Add to that an eerie paranormal aspect that elevates the whole to the maximum level and you have this wildly creative and engaging tale of the middle school from hell."
Reading the West
"Compelling."
The Guardian (on A Winter's Promise)
"A glowing example of the rare thing that is the YA novel in translation."
The Irish Times (on A Winter's Promise)
"An out-of-this-world, tugs-at-all-heart-strings, grips-you-at-every-page piece of writing."
Stylist (on A Winter's Promise)