Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read, The

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The boy in The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read knows the language of books - he can read and write; the beekeeper is illiterate - but he knows the arcane names for the special tools of his trade. It's a fair exchange: the boy teaches him how to spell his name; and he teaches the boy the mysterious skills of working daily with his hands- The unspoken understanding of a gift exchanged, the death of a mother, the bonds of loyalty between sisters who will never 'tell' - Susan Hill's prose is so beautiful it can break your heart. She writes cracking dialogue, and has a unique sense of place, be it the English seaside or a seedy Russian hotel.

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Susan Hill is well-known to the book trade as she has run her own successful small publishing business, Longbarn Books. As well as short stories and novels (she has won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Prize), she has written books for children, and books about the countryside and country life. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells. Born in Scarborough, she lives now in Gloucestershire.