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PRAISE FOR 'THE OTHER BOOK'

'Womack excels at vivid and lyrical phrasing ... Can't wait for more.' Literary Review

'Womack is not simply writing for children, he is, like many of the best children's writers, remembering how it felt to be a child'. Times Literary Supplement

'Truly compelling, I was utterly transfixed.' LoveReading4Kids

'So involving it's almost disorienting ... Edward is also a fascinating character; by turns melancholy, furious, frustrated and overwhelmed … Readers who are eager to grapple with metaphysical puzzles and moral enigmas will find much to ponder in THE OTHER BOOK – and much to anticipate from newcomer Womack.' Teenreads

'Captures, escapes, betrayals, and revelations … Fans of Jenny Nimmo's Charlie Bone series and similar dark-flavored fare will be drawn in.' Kirkus Review

'A dark and brooding atmosphere is created similar to Alan Garner at his best' Heywood Hill Bookshop

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Philip Womack's first novel, The Other Book, is published by Bloomsbury and available at all good bookshops.

Philip was born in Chichester in the middle of a thunderstorm in 1981. He was educated at Lancing College, and read Classics and English at Oriel College, Oxford. He now lives in London.

Philip is a Contributing Editor to the Literary Review, and has also written for a number of national newspapers and magazines. The short story 'Scorpion Fever' appeared in the magazine Cross Bow, and 'The Sad Tale of Charles de Boaz' is published in Issue 8 of Pen Pusher.

 

 

 

'Philip Womack is a writer of huge talent, and the effects he achieves are beautiful ... this is an impressive debut for a writer going into a very crowded field' (Artemis Cooper in The Daily Telegraph)

'A ripsnorting children's adventure ... the helter-skelter pace will keep any right-thinking ten year old hooked.' (The Spectator)

"The New Philip Pullman" (Tatler)