A press release from Sophie Calder at Gollancz:

Anna Caltabiano
THE SEVENTH MISS HATFIELD
Published by Gollancz, July 2014
Hardback £12.99 / eBook £6.99

Featuring time-travel, nineteenth century New York, a mysterious portrait and unrequited love, The Seventh Miss Hatfield is a debut novel by the remarkably confident and talented young writer, Anna Caltabiano.

Elegantly written with an engaging heroine and a compelling plot full of deception, misdirection and historical detail, The Seventh Miss Hatfield will appeal to a cross-over readership.

When her mysterious neighbour Miss Hatfield invites her in, Rebecca isn’t entirely sure why she says yes– not only does she discover that Miss Hatfield is immortal, but that she has century-spanning plans. And now, thanks to a drop of water from the Fountain of Youth slipped into her lemonade, Rebecca must take up the mantle of Miss Hatfield as well as her immortality…

Rebecca is beginning to lose her personality, to take on the aspects of her neighbour. She is becoming the next Miss Hatfield. But before the process goes too far, Rebecca must travel back in time to turn-of-the-century New York and steal a painting, a picture which might provide a clue to the whereabouts of the source of immortality.

Before her journey is through, she will also have – rather reluctantly – fallen in love. But how can she stay with the boy she cares for, when she must return to her own time before her time-travelling has a fatal effect on her body?

The heroine of The Seventh Miss Hatfield is a complex and conflicted character, but is confidently in control of her own destiny. Anna Caltabiano says: “I write from the perspective of young adults going through critical transitions in their lives. This trilogy explores first love, first loss, and the first realization that memories are fragile.”

The Seventh Miss Hatfield is a spellbinding debut from a hugely gifted young author. Published in hardback in July 2014, two more books will follow in 2015 and 2016.

About Anna Caltabiano Born to a Japanese mother and Italian American father in Hong Kong, Anna was educated in Chinese schools before moving to Palo Alto, California, where she now lives down the street from Facebook, Google and Apple. A true child of the digital era, Anna is well-versed in media relations and boasts an impressive social media following, with over 100,000 followers on Twitter already (@caltabiano_anna).