Blood Sisters

Nancy McDonald's career began as a television journalist on programs that included W5, Canada AM, and Marketplace. She then went on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books.Her first full-length novel, Boy from Berlin, was published in 2018 and One Boy's War, the much-anticipated sequel, followed in 2020. The books chronicle the desperate flight from Nazi Europe of Käfer Avigdor and his family, and are based on real people and historical events. Read her personal essay about the story behind the novels on her website.Her next three novels, Girl on the Run (2021), The Doktor's Daughter (2022) and Blood Sisters (2026), continue to explore the theme of Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany through the eyes of a plucky young German Jewish girl.Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario, where she revels in Shakespeare, "Sings for the Joy of It" with 150 other voices in a popular local choir, and works part time at Stratford's only independent bookseller, Fanfare Books.She invites you to visit her at www.nancymcdonald.ca and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.