Cate Tiernan – författare

Wicca: The Coven by Cate Tiernan Morgan has discovered she is a blood witch - that means the people she thought were her parents and her sister are not related to her, that she was adopted. She confronts her parents who reluctantly admit the adoption. Morgan is determined to find out more about her birth parents but her family try to stop her - why don''t they want her to know the truth? Morgan''s story is intersperced with extracts from her blood mother''s Book of Shadows (a witch''s book of personal spells, etc.). At the end Morgan finds her mother''s Book of Shadows in her boyfriend''s mother''s private library.Cate Tiernan has published books for young adults in the US. This is her first series for Puffin UK. She has researched Wicca and witchcraft thoroughly for this series, giving the stories an authentic and convincing background. Cate lives in the USA.

What is your birthright? Vivi Neves has rejected everything her parents hold dear - their heritage, culture, traditions - and their dark family secret: they''re haguari - cat people, shapeshifters who turn into jaguars, as their ancestors have done for thousands of years. Then, tragically, her parents are killed. Vivi can cling to her own beliefs and live her life the way she wants -or she can embrace her heritage and avenge her parents'' deaths. With danger closing in on her, her decision is forced . . . and she''s pulled deeper into a mystery that gets darker and more dangerous until finally she must face her heritage . . . or die.