Alexandra Bell studied Law at university and signed her first book deal at nineteen. Since then, she has written multiple books for both adults and young people. She works at a legal advice charity and lives in Hampshire with her husband, sons, and Sphynx cats.

"The White Octopus Hotel is not like anything you've ever read before. It's a completely fresh, brilliantly imaginative way of welcoming us, with all our fear, grief, and guilt, into a fabulous, unpredictable, enchanting world where love is the magic that transforms us all."--Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Summer Light on Nantucket

"An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel in which love, art, and magic are inescapably bound up with the trauma of childhood loss and war. The White Octopus Hotel acknowledges that life is hard, and grief is real, but it tells us, too, that life is also sweet and contains great mysteries and the possibility of enchantment."--Kelly Link, bestselling author of The Book of Love

"In The White Octopus Hotel, Bell effortlessly weaves mystery, romance, and a hint of magic into a captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time."--Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Publisher: Del Rey Books

Pub date: 2025-10-28

Length: 368 pages