Praise for ED AND THE WITCHBLOOD 'The plot is fast-paced and the black-and-white illustrations are great.' - SFX 'An uncompromising and unusual story that ... aims for the disaffected jugular.' - Guardian 'A strong story ... far more challenging, haunting and poetic than its highly illustrated format might suggest.' - Northern Echo A strange and compelling mixture of close-to--the-edge teen-angst 'realism' and new-age-ish fantasy! -- School Librarian 20050601 This very strongly illustrated graphic novel never flinches from depicting horrors both mundane and supernatural, the artist's style complementing the harsh story perfectly. -- Bookfest 2005-2006 20050601 The modern sharp 'street' prose has been pared down to necessity and is fast, lyrical and at times poetic. It is perfectly complemented by Stephen Player's amazing graphics, which are equally atmospheric and loaded with pace. The greyscale illustrations display a wonderful understanding of perspective, tone and movement. Both text and image accelerate to an almost apocalyptic ending which leaves the reader gasping for more. (And I'm sure there will be more!) This is superb stuff and just the thing to attract those teenage boys (who are perhaps too cool to read) back to books. -- Inis 20050601 A strange and compelling mixture of close to the edge teen angst 'realism' and new age-ish fantasy ... 'The forces of Light' against 'Dark powers' motifs are interestingly inserted in an everyday ... story of inner city realism. Stephen Player's atmospheric illustrations add to the gruesomeness of the story .. aimed at disaffected youth and/or reluctant readers and is certainly worth putting their way. -- School Librarian 20050601 Andrew Fusek Peters can always be relied upon to produce hard-hitting, edgy, teen talking fiction and the unconventional and cunningly packaged 'Ed' series is no exception. -- Rivetting Reads 12-16 20050601

Andrew Fusek Peter is an Anglo-Czech poet, storyteller, didgeridoo player, broadcaster, anthologist, author and creative writing tutor with an international reputation. He has worked in thousands of schools, libraries, arts centres and literary festivals, giving lively performances and running workshops for all ages and abilities. With his wife Polly Peters he has written several poetry collections, and is the author of the Ed grahic novels illustrated by Stephen Player. He and Polly live with their two children in rural Shropshire.