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Praise for Celestial Lights: ‘Pin’s sophomore novel is a masterful meditation on ambition and the vanity of legacy. Celestial Lights melds sharp insight with great heart’ Nicole Dinan, author of Disappoint Me ‘A thoughtful and compelling exploration of human ambition, perfect for fans of Interstellar’ Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam ‘With this incredibly beautiful and emotive second novel, Cecile Pin has proved once again that she truly knows every corner of what it is to be human. Celestial Lights is a deeply moving story about the cost of the lives we live that I will be thinking about for a very long time’ Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us ‘Truly lovely … Celestial Lights has the scope of an epic, but subtly rendered’ Jo Hamya, author of The Hypocrite ‘Strangely addictive … I found myself unable to put it down or look away. A wonderful and singular reading experience’ Jenny Mustard, author of What A Time To Be Alive ‘Atmospheric, original, and beautiful, Celestial Lights is an incredible story of ambition, sacrifice and the pursuit of renown. Pin writes with compassion and tenderness about the depths of the human soul, that has you captivated long after the last page’ Ela Lee, author of Minbak ‘An exquisitely human story … Cecile Pin is an enormous talent. This stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable journey through time and space will stay with me always’ Elianna Ramage, author of To the Moon and Back

Praise for Wandering Souls: ‘I raced through it. Beautiful, brilliant, unflinching’ R. F. KUANG ‘This lean, affecting book packs a mighty punch and heralds a dazzling new talent’ OBSERVER ‘Powerful … a bold debut that breaks new ground’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope through a long-overdue portrayal of Vietnamese life in the UK’ OCEAN VUONG ‘A heartbreaking novel … a deeply affecting reckoning with history’ i-D MAGAZINE ‘A poignant saga with its grieving, beating heart firmly in the right place, and heralds the arrival of an ambitious and promising new talent’ GUARDIAN ‘A powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘Something special – a polyvocal novel, an essay on inherited trauma and a quiet metafiction about telling stories we don’t own’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Meticulously researched and beautifully imagined … deeply affecting’ TASH AW ‘As relevant now as it ever was. You won’t get through this without your heart breaking’ ANOTHER ‘Deeply moving and deeply generous … I cried reading it’ YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER ‘A searing, sweeping and intimate story of such heart and scope’ RACHEL LONG ‘Historical epic Wandering Souls … [offers] a very different take on the immigrant experience’ VOGUE ‘An enormously evocative portrait of dispossession’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Praise for Celestial Lights: ‘Pin’s sophomore novel is a masterful meditation on ambition and the vanity of legacy. Celestial Lights melds sharp insight with great heart’ Nicole Dinan, author of Disappoint Me ‘A thoughtful and beautifully compelling exploration of human ambition, perfect for fans of Interstellar’ Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam ‘An absorbing human take on exploration and alienation. Pin's book about space poses as many questions for our world and how we live on it as it does for the galaxy’ Sarvat Hasin, author of Strange Girls ‘Cecile Pin draws you in with cinematic language and emotional depth. A moving story that stays with you’ Romalyn Ante, author of Agimat ‘With this incredibly beautiful and emotive second novel, Cecile Pin has proved once again that she truly knows every corner of what it is to be human. Celestial Lights is a deeply moving story about the cost of the lives we live that I will be thinking about for a very long time’ Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us ‘Truly lovely … Celestial Lights has the scope of an epic, but subtly rendered’ Jo Hamya, author of The Hypocrite ‘A masterful study of ambition, loyalty and love. I was totally absorbed from start to finish’ Jyoti Patel, author of The Things That We Lost ‘Strangely addictive … I found myself unable to put it down or look away. A wonderful and singular reading experience’ Jenny Mustard, author of What A Time To Be Alive ‘Atmospheric, original, and beautiful, Celestial Lights is an incredible story of ambition, sacrifice and the pursuit of renown. Pin writes with compassion and tenderness about the depths of the human soul, that has you captivated long after the last page’ Ela Lee, author of Minbak ‘An exquisitely human story … Cecile Pin is an enormous talent. This stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable journey through time and space will stay with me always’ Eliana Ramage, author of To the Moon and Back

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Cecile Pin grew up in Paris and New York City before moving to London at 18 to study philosophy at University College London, followed by an MA at King's College London. She is currently editorial assistant at Jonathan Cape. She also writes for Bad Form Review, was longlisted for its Young Writer's prize and is a London Writers Awards 2021 winner.

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