The hardback edition of THE DARK FLIGHT DOWN sold 10,754 since publication in July 2004. THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and has now sold almost 46,000 copies (over 9000 in hardback and 36,870 in paperback). THE DARK HORSE, which has sold 42,000 copies, was shortlisted for major awards including the Guardian Children's Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Blue Peter Book Award. FLOODLAND, his first novel, won the Branford Boase Award in 2001, acknowledging Marcus Sedgwick as 'an exceptional new talent'. He has been published in 13 languages. Works in publishing and is known to many booksellers. 'This is an elegantly plotted, exquisitely gothic tale which confirms Sedgwick's status as one of our finest contemporary children's authors.' Joanne Owen, The Bookseller Poster available.

Marcus Sedgwick has worked in children's publishing for ten years and before that he was a bookseller. He is also a stone carver and wood engraver and illustrates all his novels. His first book Floodland was hailed as 'a dazzling debut from a new writer of exceptional talent'. Floodland won the Branford Boase Award for the best first children's novel of 2000. Marcus lives in Sussex and has a young daughter.