A cursed, unloved child is spirited away from certain death to a magical city by a mysterious patron who has entered her in a dangerous competition to win a place in the Wundrous Society in this ...

Jessica Townsend loves enormous cats, umbrellas and chandeliers. So she put them in her first novel, "The Trials of Morrigan Crow," which is also the first book in her fantasy series Nevermoor. Just ...

First in a series, Townsend’s spellbinding debut introduces Morrigan Crow, a cursed girl from the Wintersea Republic, who brings bad luck to everyone she meets and is destined to die at midnight on ...

After spending close to a decade finishing her first novel, Jessica Townsend, 31, had grown very comfortable with her morning routine of “writing on my laptop in my pajamas with a cup of tea.” But ...

The movie rights have been optioned by 20th Century Fox and children, young adults and even older readers are queuing for hours to meet Queensland author Jessica Townsend. Why is this series of nine ...

This is the first book of what I hope will be an extraordinary series made up from incredible books. It is about a young 11 year-old girl who was born on eventide, the most unlucky night of the year; ...

Fox has tapped “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard to adapt and produce fantasy story “Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow” as a movie. The studio bought the movie rights last year in a ...

THIS novel is nothing short of stunning. Jessica Townsend’s debut is filled with heart, adventure and more than a few exciting twists and turns. Whenever I see a book compared to something I love ...