Irena Brignull, first time author and award-winning screenwriter of The Boxtrolls, Come Together, Skellig, and the recent adaptation of the beloved classic, The Little Prince, captivates her readers with elements of love, friendship, family and magic in her astounding novel, THE HAWKWEED LEGACY (Weinstein Books; August 15th 2017; $10.99).With film and television rights snapped up by the production company StoryBy Entertainment (Stitchers and the forthcoming series Will) and Howard Braunstein and Fran Baruch executive producing, it’s an ideal time to begin reading the story before it appears on screen.THE HAWKWEED LEGACY begins after two girls, Poppy Hooper and Ember Hawkweed, discover they were switched at birth because of a centuries old-prophecy that destined one of them to be Queen of the witches. Stunned by their findings, Poppy finds comfort with a boy and his great-grandmother in Africa while Ember settles into a new non-coven life with Leo, the boy that is bound to both of them in ways neither of them can yet understand. When both the young women, Leo and the throne are threatened, they must choose between love and destiny as everything they know and cherish may be destroyed.THE HAWKWEED LEGACY is the second book in Brignull’s bewitching Hawkweed Series. The first book, The Hawkweed Prophecy has been hailed as “wildly delightful” (Laini Taylor, author of The Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy) and “spellbinding.” Brignull’s enchanting and creative language transports her audience into the enticing lives of Poppy and Ember.
Praise for The Hawkweed Prophecy“The Hawkweed Prophecy was bewitching from the get-go. Irena Brignull does an amazing job weaving a tale of pure magic in this debut novel. She'll have you on a roller coaster of emotions from the very first page. Get ready to be spellbound.”- Paige McKenzie, author of The New York Times bestselling Haunting of Sunshine Girl series“Irena Brignull's The Hawkweed Prophecy is a book of wicked, beautiful magic. Compulsively readable and delightfully gritty, one does not mess with these Hawkweed witches.”- Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood and Three Dark Crowns“Instantly engrossing.”―Publishers Weekly, **Starred Review**
Irena Brignull is a successful screenwriter. Since working on the screenplay of The Boxtrolls, Irena has been writing an adaptation of The Little Prince directed by Mark Osborne and starring Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard. Previously, Irena was a Script Executive at the BBC and then Head of Development at Dogstar Films where she was the script editor on Shakespeare in Love, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Bravo Two Zero to name a few. Irena holds a BA in English Literature from Oxford University. The Hawkweed Prophecy is her first novel.
https://www.irenabrignull.com/books
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