NG KiDS: Morrigan is a big reader, are you? What is your favourite book? JT: Yes, I’ve always loved reading and I spend WAY too much time in libraries and bookshops. JT: I made up a girl – Morrigan Crow – who was brave, funny and peculiar, then dropped her into the most dangerous, ridiculous city I could imagine. NG KiDS: In less than 25 words, how did you come up with the idea for your first book Nevermoor and then the second book? I check my emails, yawn a lot, take a few minutes to tell my two dogs they’re the cutest, and am usually at my desk by 10:00, ready to work. JT: Thank you! My schedule frequently changes, but lately I start my day around 09:00, and always with coffee before anything else. NG KiDS: Congratulations on your amazing new book! How does the day start for one of our best ever authors? Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow is the second book in this record-breaking series. Nevermoor has also been optioned by 20th Century Fox, with Oscar-nominated Drew Goddard on board to write and produce the film. Her pet fascinations include public transport, ancient cities, hotels, opera singers, Halloween, secret societies and gigantic cats– all of which have weaselled their way into Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, her award-winning first novel released in 2017. Jessica Townsend lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. OUT 30 OCTOBER! Meet the characters! About the author!

Now that Morrigan and her best friend Hawthorne are proud scholars in the elite Wundrous Society, she is sure that she’s found a place to belong at last, but life is far from perfect.Ĭan Morrigan prove that she deserves to be in the Society – or will an unexpected new enemy ruin her new life?

But will her unique talent be a blessing or another curse? She has also discovered that she has a strange and magical ability. She has found a new home in the fantastical city of Nevermoor. This wonderful book follows Morrigan Crow, the girl who was cursed to die on Eventide and has escaped her deadly fate. Return to the Wundrous world of Nevermoor in Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow…

Wundersmith by jessica townsend