The Tenderness of Wolves

Infobox Book
author= Stef Penney
name= The Tenderness of Wolves
isbn= 1905204817
release_date= 2006
publisher= Quercus

"The Tenderness of Wolves" is a novel by Stef Penney, which was first published in 2006. It won the 2006 Costa Prize for 'Book of the Year'.

The book is set in Canada in the 1860s. It starts with the discovery of the murder of a trapper, and then follows various events that occur as the murderer is sought. As Stef Penney suffered from agoraphobia at the time of writing this novel, she did all the research in the libraries of London and never visited Canada.

The book was serialised on BBC Radio Four at 1945 GMT, from 15th October, 2007 daily in 15 minute episodes.

[cite news
last=Moss
first=Stephen
url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/costa2006/story/0,,2009239,00.html
title=Leave Me Alone
publisher=The Guardian
date=2007-02-09
accessdate=2007-06-01]

In 2007, Penney was working on her second novel, set in London.

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