He has also been a writer-in-residence at Bath University in England and has also worked for the British Council promoting literature. Sedgwick was born in East Kent in England, and now lives in the French Alps. Plot Summary: Midwinter Blood follows seven different stories in different time periods on the island of Blessed and the power of a strange flower that looks like a dragon head. Some characters include Eric Seven, a journalist, an archaeologist in 2011, an airman in 1944, a painter in 1902, a family in the 1800s, and others further back in time. Eric Seven comes to the island of Blessed in 2073 to write a story about the people on the island. He is obsessed with a woman named Merle, who lives on the island. In 2011, an archaeologist finds a Viking burial site with the help of a boy named Eric and his mother Merle. In the next section, an airman with a daughter named Merle crash-lands on the island and meets a man named Erik and his family. He escapes the island, although he never quiet remembers its location. Each section reveals new information about the mysterious island and the connections of Erik and Merle throughout the centuries.Īuthor Background: Marcus Sedgwick is an award-winning author who wrote Midwinter Blood, a Michael Printz Award winner. He is written other books like Snowflake, AZ, The Monsters We Deserve, Scarlett Hart, Snow, Saint Death, among others. Many of his books for adults and children has won multiple awards. “That we are not just one, but a multitude.”Īwards or Honors: Michael Printz Award Winner

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