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"An impressively hectic spin on the Gothic tradition" -- TelegraphThe winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL at the British Fantasy Awards by the author of The House on Needless Street!What if its not your mansion thats haunted -- its you?Young Iris Villarca is the last of her familys line. They are haunted by "her," a curse passed down through the generations that marks each Villarca for certain heartbreak and death. For generations, the Villarcas have died young, under mysterious circumstances.But Iris dares to fall in love, and the consequences of her choice are immediate and terrifying. As the world falls apart around her, she must take a final journey back to Rawblood where it all began, and where it must all end ... Perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Susan Hill, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Girl from Rawblood will pull readers through time into the early 1800s and 1900s, mesmerizing them with this lyrical story of cunning folk horror right until the breathtaking finish.Praise for The Girl from Rawblood:"Superb debut....Ward perfectly balances sensory richness with the chills of the uncanny." -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED review "The Girl from Rawblood makes a powerful contribution to the British literature of the fantastic ... Theres a touch of Ted Hughes here, Emily Bronte and M.R James in this eerie and by turns moving story that spans generations ... A definite book of the year for me." -- Adam Nevill, award-winning author of The Ritual and No One Gets Out Alive"The Girl from Rawblood weaves a spell that both terrifies and mesmerizes. As each layer of mystery is peeled away, more haunting truth is revealed. The book leaves the reader breathless in its gothic tale of fear, family, blood, and love." -- Simone St. James, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel
About the Author
CATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. 'The Last House on Needless Street' (Viper Books, Tor Nightfire) was a Times Book of the Month, Observer Book of the Month, March Editor's Pick on Open Book, a Between the Covers BBC2 book club selection, a Times bestseller, and is being developed for film by Andy Serkis's production company, The Imaginarium. 'Little Eve' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018) won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the August Derleth Prize for Best Horror Novel at the 2019 British Fantasy Awards, making her the only woman to have won the prize twice, and was a Guardian best book of 2018. Her debut Rawblood (W&N, 2015) won Best Horror Novel at the 2016 British Fantasy Awards, was shortlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award and a WHSmith Fresh Talent title. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She lives in London and Devon.
