Sally Magnusson

Nothing, on earth or below it, in the skies or under the seas, freezes faster than the worthless heart. Before she was a hideous monster, the Queen of the Underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a young girl from lofty Asgard, the realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of death is...

Sally Magnusson brings together thirty well-known names to discuss their most sacred spots, including golfing legend Catriona Matthew, the Duke of Buccleuch, Richard Scott, Chief Social Policy Adviser to the Scottish Government, Linda Bauld, and Sue Lawrence, the queen of Scottish baking. As we discover their pivotal moments in life through in-depth interviews and delve into the minds of each...

'Wonderful and moving' Clare Chambers 'Utterly absorbing' Sunday Post SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat. He doesn't recognise her, but she remembers him at once. Not that she plans to mention...

WONDERFUL. ONE NEVER MESSES WITH THE FAERIES. Melanie Reid, The Times AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH. Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus EXTRAORDINARILY VIVID. Michelle Gallen, author of Big Girl Small Town Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when her husband is appointed doctor to an extraordinary...

'A remarkable feat of imagination ... I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure.' — Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them were a pastor, his wife, and their children. In her acclaimed debut novel, Sally Magnusson imagines...

Nothing, on earth or below it, freezes faster than the worthless heart. Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. Cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed. Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned for...