Victoria Hislop - Maria's Island
Victoria Hislop read English at Oxford and worked in publishing, PR and as a journalist before becoming a novelist. Her first novel, The Island, held the number one slot in the Sunday Times paperback charts for eight consecutive weeks and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Victoria acted as script consultant on the 26-part adaptation of The Island in Greece, which achieved record ratings for Greek television. Her second novel, The Return, set against the tempestuous backdrop of...