About the Author:
Marcus Sedgwick works in children's publishing and before that he was a bookseller. His books have been shortlisted for many awards, including The Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. He lives in Sussex and has a young daughter, Alice.
Review:
'You have to expect a bit of schlock in a Gothic novel, and Sedgwick doesn't disappoint: there's plenty of gore and some genuinely scary moments...he is superb, as in the earlier book about the undead, at creating atmosphere.' -- Mary Hoffman THE GUARDIAN 'What makes Sedgwick such an interesting author is not just his imagination, which has a consistently unpredictable and original cast to it, but his voice.' -- Amanda Craig THE TIMES 'It took me a couple of goes to really fall for Sedgwick's first vampire novel, My Swordhand is Singing, but it turned out to be brilliant. If you haven't read it, do, because The Kiss of Death is an equally gripping sequel. ' -- Amanda Craig THE TIMES 'With his formidable skill, Marcus Sedgwick renders Venice the most perfect backdrop for this intensely gripping vampire action' THE BOOKSELLER 'A heart stopping and beautiful novel...Sedgwick is at his beguiling best in this novel and it's almost certainly heading for all the major book award shortlists' LOVE READING.COM 'Concise and elegant, creepy and tense...All junior fans of horror should read [The Kiss of Death]' THE BOOKBAG 'The author's beautifully crafted descriptions bring to life real scenes of 18th Century Venice while weaving a gothic tale that send shivers down the readers spine' WRITING MAGAZINE 'his spine-tingling sequel to My Swordhand is Singing'. -- Amanda Craig THE TIMES Christmas Books 2008 'Marcus has skilfully created a gothis atmosphere of menace, fear and hopelessness, for which Venice provides the perfect backdrop... Gripping and frightening' THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
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