Edith Holler

Edward Carey was born in Norfolk, England. He is a novelist, visual artist, playwright and director. He is the author of four novels, including Little, which was a Times and Sunday Times book of the year, and the YA series The Iremonger Trilogy. Edward lives in the United States and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.

‘An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.’ The Guardian‘There is much to admire in Carey’s inventive thespian netherworld and ingenious plotting.’ Mail on Sunday‘An extraordinary achievement: funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic – sometimes all at once. Edith herself is a fierce, strange creature and entirely unforgettable’ A. L. Kennedy‘Edward Carey excels in writing – and drawing! – peculiar characters, and the cast he creates for the macabre and fun Edith Holler is no exception’ NPR, Best Books of the Year ‘A raucous romp . . . A wonderfully strange and quirky tale about the power of penning and performing tales’ Kirkus Reviews ‘Carey draws on fairy tales and Shakespeare for a dazzling bildungsroman . . . This affirms the author’s standing as a major literary talent’ Publishers Weekly, starred review ‘A fabulous novel . . . The voice of Edith Holler is distinctive and brilliant’ NBC New York‘Singular – a dark delight from beginning to end’ Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation ‘Edith Holler is that rarest thing, a newly written tale that feels as though it’s been discovered behind the stacked stone walls of an abandoned estate. Eldritch, raucous, blistering, beautiful, totally indelible’ Maria Dahvana Headley, author of The Mere Wife ‘Brilliant and shiver-inducing . . . a delightfully macabre achievement, equal parts Charles Dickens and Sweeney Todd’ Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni Praise for THE SWALLOWED MAN'Profound and delightful . . . a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' Max Porter'A beautiful and dark meditation on fatherhood, mercy, redemption and the alchemy of isolation. Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' A. L. Kennedy ‘Haunting . . . the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate’ Sunday TimesPraise for LITTLE 'Don't miss this eccentric charmer' @MargaretAtwood ‘Unmissable’ Olga Tokarczuk ‘Wonderful’ Max Porter 'Absolutely brilliant' Susan Hill‘Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical’ Eleanor Catton‘Startlingly original’ The Times'Visceral, vivid and moving’ The Guardian 'Guts’n’gore galore: I bloody loved it' The Spectator 'A tale as moving as it is macabre' Mail on Sunday 'One of the most original historical novels of the year . . . Macabre, funny, touching and oddly life-affirming, Little is a remarkable achievement' Sunday Times 'Clever and intriguing' Daily Mail ‘Marie’s story is fascinating in itself, but Carey’s talent makes her journey a thing of wonder’ New York Times ‘By turns witty, ghoulish, poignant and curiously life-affirming, Little is a historical novel unlike any other’ BBC History Magazine 'A delightfully strange portrait of a young orphan honing her eccentric craft amid the tumult of the French Revolution . . . a novel that teems with life' Time