The Lie Tree
Carnegie Medal for Writing · 2016 · ShortlistCosta Book of the Year · 2015 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Medal for Writing | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Costa Book of the Year | 2015 | Winner |
About This Book
Faith Sunderly's dead naturalist father left behind a mysterious tree that produces truth-bearing fruit—but only when fed with lies. Frances Hardinge's Victorian gothic thriller is a thrillingly plotted feminist mystery and winner of the Costa Book of the Year.
About the Author
Frances Hardinge is a British author of children's and young adult fantasy celebrated for her extraordinary imagination, complex plots, and vivid secondary worlds. She won the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Cuckoo Song (2015), as well as the Costa Children's Book Award and the Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree (2015). Born in Gloucestershire and raised partly in a small village and partly in Kent, Hardinge studied English Literature at Oxford. Read more →
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