She wrote the book on her parents' computer on weekends, after school and in the middle of the night. Oyeyemi wrote the horror novel when she was 18 while studying for her A levels at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. The story follows Jessamy "Jess" Harrison, an eight-year-old girl born to an English father and a Nigerian mother. The Icarus Girl is the debut novel written by British author Helen Oyeyemi and published by Bloomsbury in 2005. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
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