Congratulations to Anne Berry, who is the winner of our Autumn 2009 Rising Stars with her debut novel. The Hungry Ghosts is the story of 12-year-old Alice Safford, living in colonial Hong Kong, who finds herself the target of a parasitic ghost. As successive tragedies engulf her, Alice's ghostly entourage swells alarmingly.
Anne's novel received the most positive reception from Amazon customers. Here's what some of you had to say about it:
• "This is such an original piece of work, I am not sure how to describe it. It is a ghost story but then again, it isn't a ghost story. Anne Berry's writing was a joy, lyrical and flowing a wonderful debut novel."
• "I found this book to be thoroughly absorbing, loved the descriptive powers of the author, and found that I could actually 'see' the colours that she described, her writing was so good. A triumph."
