The award-winning Fly By Night was published to critical acclaim and was winner of the Branford Boase Award in 2006 and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. Frances’ second novel, Verdigris Deep, attracted a plethora of fabulous reviews. Gullstruck Island, her third remarkable fantasy. ‘... cooks along for 507 ripe, rollicking and endlessly captivating pages...’ The Guardian. The long-awaited sequel to Fly By Night the captivating Twilight Robbery, is publishing in spring 2011. Frances lives and works in Oxford and London.