MA Creative Writing Graduate Eva Dietrich Publishes New Book

Mesopo sees twelve-year-old Ankido on a quest to save his missing father through the magical realm of Mesopo, the land where all fantasyoriginates, a land whose words and language are in peril.

Eva Dietrich is the author of The Great Rainbow Hug (Le gros câlin arc-en-ciel, from Samir Editeur, 2011), recognized by La Revue Des Livres Pour Enfants in 2011 as their annual selection. Eva holds Masters’ Degrees in Children's Literature from the University of Surrey, London and Creative Writing from the Metropolitan University of Manchester, UK, and is the founder and director of Aladdin Books & Media Agency. She is equal parts Spanish and German, and currently resides in Madrid with her husband, three kids, three dogs, two rabbits and lots of hens. 

Her new book, Mesopo, sees twelve-year-old Ankido on a quest to save his missing father through the magical realm of Mesopo, the land where all fantasyoriginates, a land whose words and language are in peril. Can Ankido save his father and restore all these words in time?It was a red velvet box, the size of a school book. Ankido lifted the lid, revealing an old-fashioned quill made out of a reed. It smelled remote and otherworldly. Ancient. And for a reason he couldn’t explain, everything felt all right for a moment. He thought he caught a sound flowing out of the quill, a word maybe. He wasn’t sure and he shook his head. This was ridiculous. No, he surely must have been mistaken. But there! There was the sound again. This time Ankido was sure of it.“Mesopo” … whispered in a way that slipped around the room like the warm breeze of the desert.

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Eva holds a BA in European Business Studies (ICADE & ESB Reutlingen, Spain/Germany).

She has worked for two decades in business, banking and publishing. She has spent the last 20 years working with publishers, specializing in children's literature, providing consulting services in literary scouting, book reviewing and supporting authors and editors in their day-to-day activities. Eva is also a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators). She sells foreign rights for German publishersKnesebeck and Verlagshaus El Gato, Austrian publisher Tyrolia and Spanish publisherKAILAS. Find out more here.