The Sin Eater

For fans of The Binding and The Familiars , The Sin Eater is a story of treason and treachery, and a young girl sentenced to silence . . .

A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan Campisi

Rich with imaginative and historical details, The Sin Eater is ultimately a timeless story of one woman regaining her power. I loved it from beginning to end

Captivating . . . An original melding of mystery and alternate history

Richly imaginative and strikingly contemporary [and] very much reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale

[A] rousing, impressive debut . . . Spellbinding

Magnificent . . . Hillary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies brought new vividness and insight to the court of Henry VIII; in The Sin Eater , Megan Campisi brings as much or more energy to the court of Elizabeth I

Megan Campisi is a playwright and novelist. She has previously received the French Alfa and ADAMI prizes for her plays, which have been performed in France, China and the United States. In 2019 she received a Fulbright Specialist Award to give master classes at Tatbikat Theatre in Turkey. She holds a BA from Yale and a Diplôme (MFA) from L’Ecole de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. The Sin Eater is her first novel.