Jessie Burton is the author of three novels for adults, The Miniaturist and The Muse-both New York Times bestsellers-and The Confession, which became an immediate Sunday Times bestseller. Jessie's first novel for children, The Restless Girls, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018. www.jessieburton.co.uk @jessieburton (Instagram) Olivia Lomenech Gill is the illustrator of Where My Wellies Take Me, written by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and won the English Association Picture Book Award. She is also the illustrator of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling. www.oliviagill.com @olivia_lomenech_gill (Instagram)
A riveting feminist retelling, filled with excitement, imagination, magic, and just the right touch of darkness. --Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of CIRCE, on THE RESTLESS GIRLS [A] wild, wise, generous, ferocious kind of story. It's a tale to read to your children over and over, and for them to read to theirs. --Katherine Rundell, author of THE WOLF WILDER and THE EXPLORER, on THE RESTLESS GIRLS [A] story of female empowerment, agency and sisterhood. . . . 'The Restless Girls' is one of the prettiest books I've seen in a long time. --The New York Times Book Review on THE RESTLESS GIRLS The richly described settings . . . make this a fine read aloud . . . with a feminist viewpoint. --School Library Journal on THE RESTLESS GIRLS A richly imagined feminist fairy tale, laden with allusions to contemporary concerns about autonomy, gender roles, and power dynamics, that is extended in Barrett's lush scenes of the clever sisters and their revels. --Publishers Weekly on THE RESTLESS GIRLS