The first novel, Half Bad, will be published worldwide on 3 March. It's Britain as it would be today, except that there is this hidden society of witches living among us, but unknown to us.' She creates this whole society that is fuelled by suspicion and where the hero's family are under surveillance by this government that claims to be benevolent but clearly isn't. In March 2014, it set the Guinness World Record for the most translated book by a debut author prior to its publication. She released the first installment, Half Bad, in 2014. Best known for her work on the Half Bad trilogy of young adult books. Ben Horslen, editorial director of its Puffin imprint, said: 'What drew me to it immediately was 'the voice' … There's an almost George Orwell-like quality. Sally Green was born on Septemin England. Penguin, which acquired the novel earlier this year, predicts it will do for witches what Twilight did for vampires. Wilson said: 'It was an agent's dream come true … It grabs you immediately and doesn't let go from the very first page.' She was particularly inspired by the novel's 'shifting moral sands' where there is 'no simple answer to who is a good guy and who is evil'. She is the author of the Half Bad trilogy.

I read it overnight and emailed Sally the next day.' Green found herself signed up with an agency whose authors include Ian McEwan and Nick Hornby. She has had various jobs, but in 2010 she started writing a novel and that turned into a new career. Within a few pages, she was gripped: 'I was sitting bolt upright, realising it was something special … It was a strange combination of feelings – hugely excited and incredibly panicked that someone else might be reading it at the same time. 'I've often had ideas of stories but I really never believed I could write … I found I was staying up until 2am just writing.' She later switched to a creative-writing course.Ĭlaire Wilson, of literary agents Rogers, Coleridge & White, found Green's work among some 200 unsolicited manuscripts she receives a month. 'That got my brain working again,' she said. Later she embarked on an Open University social sciences course. Having studied mining geology, she worked as an accountant until she became pregnant. Half Bad, the first novel by Sally Green, is predicted to become the next Harry Potter or Twilight Saga

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