Teresa Flavin took three years to complete the text, plus the accompanying maps and illustrations for Blackhope Enigma. When she is not writing or illustrating, Teresa leads school art workshops, makes paintings and hand-made books, travels to far-flung places with her geographer husband, hikes in the Scottish hills and walks every labyrinth she can find.
Captives in another time, custodians of a powerful secret
Teresa Flavin's first novel, THE BLACKHOPE ENIGMA, was shortlisted for the 2011 Scottish Children's Book Award, the 2011 Leeds Book Award and the 2011 Waverton Good Reads Award, and longlisted for the 2011 Branford Boase Prize. When she is not writing or illustrating, Teresa leads school art workshops, makes paintings and handmade books, travels to far-flung places with her geographer husband, hikes in the Scottish hills and walks every labyrinth she can find. Follow Teresa at www.teresaflavin.com or on Twitter: @TeresaFlavin.
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to learn more of the Fausto Corvo story and his mystical paintings
in the future.
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*Children’s Buyers Guide*
The plot moved along at a splendid pace and many readers will hope
to learn more of the Fausto Corvo story and his mystical paintings
in the future. * The SL *
'The characters are appealing and the adventure is exciting and
full of incident' * School Library Journal Reviews *
'this book hooked me from the first page!' * Teen Titles Book
Review Magazine *
'fast-moving fantasy adventure to appeal to both girls and boys' *
Children's Buyers Guide *
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