Catherine Hall: A Rising Star
Win a free, signed copy of our sleeper hit, Days of Grace, and find out more about its author, Catherine Hall.
Posted: 17:30:00 01/04/09
Catherine Hall has been chosen as one of Amazon's Rising Stars for her first novel, Days of Grace
Days of Grace
Days of Grace
Catherine Hall, whose first novel Days of Grace was published by Portobello Books in February, is one of Amazon's Rising Stars.
Catherine has already been chosen as one of Waterstone's New Voices for 2009 so congratulations to her: a new voice and a rising star!
You can find out more about the Waterstone's New Voices for 2009 in our news and events section
Enthusiasm for Days of Grace has spread across the pond: the USA rights to the novel were sold to Viking at the end of last week. Catherine's editor, Laura Barber, Editorial Director of Portobello Books, has said "This is a debut that bewitched all of us at Portobello from the first page – we could not be more delighted to see Catherine Hall work her storytelling magic so widely."
Catherine's agent, Caroline Wood, has already had great debut success with Sadie Jones's The Outcast which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008. Caroline has said: "I’m thrilled that Catherine Hall’s prodigious talent is being recognized by so many."
Catherine prepares for her speech
You can learn more about Catherine, whose favourite smell is a whiff of Gauloises Blondes Légères on a French boulevard, from her author page and from her answers to our Proust questionnaire.
If you are in the mood to party vicariously, you can view the photos from her joyous launch party. On the other hand, if you want a cracking good read, write to web@portobellobooks.com with your name and address by 20th April.
Web Mistress
April 2009
The first five readers to write into web@portobellobooks.com
will receive a free signed copy of this page-turning novel.
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