Which British-American novelist's books served as an inspiration to author Katherine Woodfine?
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow is the debut novel of British children's author Katherine Woodfine, initially published by Egmont Publishing in June 2015. The novel is the first book in The Sinclair's Mysteries, a quartet of mystery-adventure novels set in Edwardian England.The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow was Waterstones Children's Book of the Month in June 2015. The novel was inspired by Katherine's love of classic children's adventure stories, E. Nesbit, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew.
Elizabeth Knox Elizabeth Fiona Knox, ONZM, (born 15 February 1959, in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand writer. She has authored eleven novels, three autobiographical novella, and a collection of essays. Her best known works are "The Vintner's Luck", which won several awards, has been published in nine languages, and has been made into a film of the same name by Niki Caro, and "The Dreamhunter Duet", a literary fantasy series for teen readers. Her most recent novel was "Mortal Fire", published in 2013, which has won several awards.