The Familiar

Name: The Familiar
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241696682
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By Leigh Bardugo

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ISBN: 9780241696682

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viking

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 628g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology-and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

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