C.J. Cooke is an acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and academic with numerous other publications written under the name of Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Her work has been published in twenty-three languages to date. Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature from Queen’s University, Belfast, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. C.J. Cooke lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children.

‘Norwegian Fjords and folktales are beautifully evoked in this vivid and compelling novel’ Rosamund Lupton‘The Nesting is a gorgeous, atmospheric book that chilled me to the bone. The perfect escape book into the deep woods of Norway, where nothing is as it seems. C.J. Cooke just became one of my favorite authors.’ – Samantha Downing‘An original and haunting thriller, filled with secrets, ghosts, and Norse folk tales. The Nesting is an evocative and chilling tale that will keep you guessing, and is best read with the lights on’ Alice Feeney‘It's been such a tonic – chilling, totally engrossing and full of intrigue. The pages just whizzed by while I ignored everyone! It's marvellous’ Katherine May‘Nordic folklore, snowy landscapes, and an ever-turning screw of tension – a fun, gothic treat’ Kirsty Logan‘gothic and suspenseful’ Woman and Home‘This claustrophobic, cloying read with Gothic undertones was so eerie I wanted to sleep with the light on’ Prima ‘Atmospheric’ New York Post, Best Books to Read ‘A taut, scary thriller that winds the suspense so tightly you can barely breathe’ Simone St. James‘The story is peppered with well-researched folklore and startling tenderness…a winner’ The Daily Mail‘eerie, mysterious’ nordicnoirblog.wordpress.com‘wonderfully atmospheric’ portable-magic.com‘suspenseful and tense … C.J Cooke’s writing vividly recreated the beautiful Norweigan landscape, the fjords and dense forest, the animals who lived there and the unsettling atmposhere’ bookliterati.com

C.J. Cooke is an acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and academic with numerous other publications written under the name of Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Her work has been published in twenty-three languages to date. Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature from Queen’s University, Belfast, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. C.J. Cooke lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children.

‘Norwegian Fjords and folktales are beautifully evoked in this vivid and compelling novel’ Rosamund Lupton‘The Nesting is a gorgeous, atmospheric book that chilled me to the bone. The perfect escape book into the deep woods of Norway, where nothing is as it seems. C.J. Cooke just became one of my favorite authors.’ – Samantha Downing‘An original and haunting thriller, filled with secrets, ghosts, and Norse folk tales. The Nesting is an evocative and chilling tale that will keep you guessing, and is best read with the lights on’ Alice Feeney‘It's been such a tonic – chilling, totally engrossing and full of intrigue. The pages just whizzed by while I ignored everyone! It's marvellous’ Katherine May‘Nordic folklore, snowy landscapes, and an ever-turning screw of tension – a fun, gothic treat’ Kirsty Logan‘gothic and suspenseful’ Woman and Home‘This claustrophobic, cloying read with Gothic undertones was so eerie I wanted to sleep with the light on’ Prima ‘Atmospheric’ New York Post, Best Books to Read ‘A taut, scary thriller that winds the suspense so tightly you can barely breathe’ Simone St. James‘The story is peppered with well-researched folklore and startling tenderness…a winner’ The Daily Mail‘eerie, mysterious’ nordicnoirblog.wordpress.com‘wonderfully atmospheric’ portable-magic.com‘suspenseful and tense … C.J Cooke’s writing vividly recreated the beautiful Norweigan landscape, the fjords and dense forest, the animals who lived there and the unsettling atmposhere’ bookliterati.com