An odyssey of childhood, mythology and the imagination from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession and The Children's Book

A.S. Byatt was renowned internationally for her novels and short stories, including the Booker Prize-winning Possession, The Biographer's Tale and the Man Booker-shortlisted The Children's Book. A distinguished critic as well as a writer of fiction, she was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999.