Wulf and the Power of Thorn

About Jo Barnes

As a student at Leeds Jo specialised in mediaeval English the language that developed from the Anglo Saxons and the Normans who defeated them at the Battle of Hastings. Before she became a writer Jo taught children and young people in London schools from age three to 19. This book brings together three worlds that fascinated Jo: the real historic world of the Anglo Saxons which the Normans brushed aside after they invaded; the myth worlds of the Anglo Saxons and the Celts before them; and fantasy worlds of authors such as JRR Tolkien CS Lewis Philip Pullman and JK Rowling. Jo was also a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and liked to joke that unlike Buffy her hero Wulf doesn't have to save the world 'a lot' - once is enough. This is the second of Jo's books to be published. Her first Odd Fox Out is a thrilling adventure about a fox who decides rather inconveniently that he can no longer eat meat. It is also published by SilverWood Books and available from booksellers and online.