A distinguished literary work that will appeal to cultural history enthusiasts, fashion buffs and reading groups Targetted international campaign - jacket quotes expected from Wole Soyinka, Mark Kurlansky, Edwidge Dandicat, Donna Karan, Simon Doonan and Henry Louis Gates Beautiful package to include stunning jacket and full-colour plate section

'Indigo is a journey in every sense of the word, and one undertaken with an engaging passion. It is also, in the words of Miles Davis, Kind of Blue' Mark Kurlansky 'A charming book: ethereal, wise, personal, as well as an imaginative exploration of what this colour really might be, when you go under the surface of its just being about blue' Victoria Finlay, author of Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox 'A moving and lyrical journey through several continents and through the writer's own internal landscapes. This beautiful and unforgettable book, like indigo itself, reaches deeply into all our lives' Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I'm Dying 'A lyrical odyssey across borders, continents and centuries in pursuit of the history of a colour. Full of quirky details and connections, Indigo offers a new way to look at the world we thought we knew' Aminatta Forna, author of The Memory of Love

Catherine McKinley is the author of The Book of Sarahs. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she has taught Creative Nonfiction, and a former Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa, where she began her research on indigo. She lives in New York City.