Jessie is now published in forty languages. The Miniaturist sold a million copies worldwide in its first year and has also been adapted for television by the BBC. 1 bestseller and a New York Times bestseller. She is the author of three novels for adults, The Miniaturist (2014), The Muse (2016) and The Confession (2019), and is both a Sunday Times no. Jessie Burton studied at the University of Oxford and then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Illuminating the girl behind the legend, it brings alive Medusa for a new generation. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love and betrayal…įilled with glorious full-colour illustrations by award-winning Olivia Lomenech Gill, this astonishing retelling of Greek myth is perfect for readers of Circe and The Silence of the Girls. A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist, stunningly illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill.Įxiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair.
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