Samuel and Marthaas new life with their aunt Eda in Norway is filled with rules, but most important is rule number nine: NEVERaUNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCESa GO INTO THE FOREST. Sure, their uncle Henrik disappeared in the forest ten years ago, but it canat be the forestas faulta]can it? Samuel is skeptical until he finds an unusual book, The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which describes the fantastic and sinister creatures supposedly living there. Could Aunt Eda be right? Samuel discovers the truth about the forestas dangerous secrets when Martha becomes lost in the forest, and itas up to him to save her.

MATT HAIG,IS THE AUTHOR OF TWO ADULT NOVELS,THE DEAD FATHERS CLUB AND THE LAST FAMILY IN ENGLAND.REVIEWERS HAVE CALLED HIS WRITING"TOALLY ENGROSSING,""TOUCHING,QUIRKY AND MACABRE,""A COMIC TOUR DE FORCE,"AND"SO SURPRISING AND STRANGE THAT IT VAULTS INTO A REALM ALL OF ITS OWN."SAMUEL BLINK AND THE FORBIDDEN FOREST IS HIS FIRST NOVEL FOR YOUNG READERS.HE LIVES IN HIS FIRST NOVEL FOR YOUNG READERS.HE LIVES IN THE UK.

MATT HAS BEEN VISITING NORWAY TO STAY WITH HIS RELATIVES SINCE HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD,WHEN HE HAD HIS FIRST TASTE OF REINDEER SOUP.HE'S NOW A VEGETARIAN,WHEN HE WAS ELEVN HE GOT LOST IN A FOREST BECAUSE HIS DAD TOOK THE WRONG MAP.THESE DAYS,HE SPENDS HIS SPARE TIME READING,HORSE RIDING,TRAVELING TO NEW PLACES AND WRITING SILLY POEMS.HIS FAVORIT PIXIE WORD IS "MUDFUNGLE."VISIT HIM AT WWW.MATTHAIG.COM.