'FANS OF ... JACQUELINE HARVEY WILL LOVE THIS BOOK'
-- Kids' Book Review on The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome

When Freja and Tobias arrive in Claviers, Provence, it feels like home. The hilltop village is surrounded by olive groves, lavender fields and drifts of red poppies. The market square hides a world-famous pâtisserie and an antique merry-go-round. Pippin, their precocious young neighbour, and Vivi, the beautiful chef, fill their lives with chatter and laughter and love.

For a moment, the girl, the dog and the writer are happy.

But a spate of criminal activity casts a cloud over the village. Freja is determined to solve the mystery and uncover the villain, but the closer she gets, the more impossible things seem to become ...

Award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad is back with the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome.

PRAISE FOR THE GIRL, THE DOG AND THE WRITER SERIES

'sure to be treasured' -- Children's Book Council of Australia's Reading Time

'Fans of the Clementine Rose and Alice-Miranda series by Jacqueline Harvey will love this book' -- Kids' Book Review

'Children from eight up will really warm to this funny, sad, happy book, and many adults will be charmed too' -- The Book Bubble

'The mini world that author Katrina Nannestad has created is every child's dream. 8+ readers will love this book' -- Better Reading

2018 Australian Book Industry Awards -- Longlisted

2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards -- Notable

Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, and the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, Waiting for the Storks, Silver Linings and All the Beautiful Things.

Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives.

Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos.

www.katrinanannestad.com