Catriona Ward – författare

Winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL (August Derleth Award) at British Fantasy Awards 2016She comes in the night. She looks into your eyes. One by one, she has taken us all.

For generations they have died young, and now fifteen-year-old Iris and her father are the last of the Villarca line. Confined to their lonely mansion on Dartmoor, they suffer their disease in isolation. But Iris breaks her promise to hide from the world and dares to fall in love.

It is only then that they understand the true horror of the Villarca curse, the curse of the bone-white woman who visits in the night, leaving death in her wake.

''With a ghostly face at the window, inexplicable events and a sense of menace hanging over every page, this is one chilling gothic novel'' Daily Mail

Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.''You liked The Wasp Factory? Meet Little Eve'' Natasha Pulley, author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET''A smart and moving examination of self delusion and the lengths people go to to keep faith . . . I raced through it'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave''A wonderful literary gothic tale'' Sarah Pinborough''Where is Evelyn? Oh, I remember. She took our eyes.''New Year''s Day, 1921. Seven mutilated bodies are discovered in an ancient stone circle on a remote Scottish island. The victims are ''the Children'' - members of a nature cult ruled by the charismatic, sadistic patriarch, the adder.The sole survivor of the massacre, Dinah, claims that Eve is the murderer, apparently drowned while attempting her escape. Yet as Eve''s story of the years leading up the massacre intertwines with Dinah''s account of the aftermath, a darker, stranger truth begins to emerge.The Isle is all Eve knows. Hidden from the world, the Children worship the Great Snake who dwells in the ocean, dance in the stones at dawn and offer their blood in sacrifice. The adder''s word is law. When Eve is forced into the world beyond the Isle her faith and love are tested by unexpected friendships that make her question everything. As she begins to see through the adder''s macabre fictions, the world Eve knows collapses. Does she lose her humanity with her belief? Does it drive her to kill?''Little Eve is a sublime, utterly compelling tale which grabbed me by the lapels and wouldn''t let go. A dark, beautiful, gleaming novel. I loved it'' Irenosen Okojie''Little Eve is brilliantly plotted, wonderfully well written and full of surprises. It has perfect timing, line by line'' Andrew Cowan, author of PIG and WORTHLESS MEN''Little Eve brims with dark energy, full of haunting, surprising turns. You will be guessing and gasping till the end'' Philip Womack

THE DAZZLING SECOND GHOST STORY COLLECTION FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.''Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection'' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANFeaturing new and original stories from:Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha PulleyElizabeth Macneal Laura Purcell Susan Stokes-Chapman Laura Shepherd-Robinson Stuart Turton Catriona Ward The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today''s most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .