Limerick City native Helena Close has been writing full-time for 20 years. She has written or co-written seven novels, published by Hodder Headline (under the pseudonym Sarah O’Brien), Hachette Ireland and Blackstaff Press. The Gone Book is her first young adult novel.‘Extraordinary, a remarkable book that expands the frontiers of Irish popular fiction.’ – The Irish Times (for The Cut of Love)‘An impressive, relevant, and entertaining read. An absolute page turner.’ – The Irish Independent (for The Clever One)

Dark and gritty and desperately sad and wildly funny, this is as real as writing gets. I was locked inside of Matt's head for the duration, and I lived his whole mad summer. Every line rings perfectly true.