Charm

Description

CHARM is a beautifully illustrated retelling of the Cinderella story which takes all the much-loved elements of the classic fairytale (the handsome prince, the fairy godmother, the enchanted mouse, the beautiful girl and, of course, the iconic balls) and puts a modern spin on the characters, their motives and their desires. This is fun, contemporary, sexy, and perfect for fans of ONCE UPON A TIME, GRIMM, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and more. This edition contains 15 original pen and ink illustrations by Les Edwards.

Sarah Pinborough is a successful, critically acclaimed novelist and screenwriter, and has written a YA trilogy, The Nowhere Chronicles, under the pen name Sarah Silverwood. She has written for the BBC series NEW TRICKS, her The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy has been optioned for a television series and she has a horror film, CRACKED, currently in development. She has also turned her pen to short stories and novellas, winning the BRITISH FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT STORY in 2009 and the BRITISH FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLA in 2010 (for THE LANGUAGE OF THE DYING). She lives in London and is a full time writer. You can learn more about Sarah Pinborough at www.sarahpinborough.com, or by following @SarahPinborough on twitter.

Whatever genre she's working in, Pinborough is well worth keeping an eye on - SFX Pinborough really knows how to drag the reader into her books. Tightly written, tightly plotted and highly entertaining Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough, but there are none who do it better. Quite, quite brilliant Pinborough's stories have resonance. She understands how people tick. I always trust the ride, because I know I'll wind up someplace good