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Catriona Ward

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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. Her fourth novel, the gothic thriller Sundial (2022 - Viper, Tor Nightfire) was Observer Thriller of the Month and a USA Today, CNN and Apple Books selection for best new fiction. Stephen King called Sundial ‘Authentically terrifying…. Do not miss this book.’

Ward’s third breakout novel The Last House on Needless Street (2021 - Viper, Tor Nightfire) won the August Derleth Prize and has been shortlisted for the Kitschies, the British Book Awards, the South Bank Award, and the World Fantasy Award. Esquire magaz ...more

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	The Last House on Needless Street 3.87 avg rating — 69,265 ratings — published 2021 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sundial 3.80 avg rating — 12,340 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Eve 3.77 avg rating — 4,991 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cursed by Marie O'Regan (Editor), Paul Kane (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 2,262 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl from Rawblood 3.39 avg rating — 2,202 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last House on Needless Street - Sneak Peek 3.71 avg rating — 1,798 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Glass Sound 3.88 avg rating — 900 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderland: An Anthology by Marie O'Regan (Editor), Paul Kane (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Angela Slatter (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sundial - Sneak Peek 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Eve - Sneak Peek 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Catriona Ward and 3 other people liked Sophie Constable's review of Looking Glass Sound: "This book follows Wilder Harlow who has returned to the place of his childhood holidays to begin the last book he will ever write, the story of his childhood friends and the horror that has stalked him for the past few decades. But as he begins to se" Read more of this review »
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Catriona Ward and 5 other people liked Kortni's review of The Last House on Needless Street: "First of all, I want to thank NetGalley and Tor Nightfire for the audio ARC! I think the less you know the better for this one so my review will be brief. I had no expectations for this, which worked perfectly for me. I think if I were to describe thi" Read more of this review »
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Catriona Ward and 24 other people liked Joanne Harris's review of Little Eve: "Another magnificent example of Northern Gothic, with all the winning elements of her previous novel RAWBLOOD: the fille fatale; the mysterious cult, the ritualistic lifestyle, the isolated house, the creeping menace. The author handles language beaut" Read more of this review »
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Catriona Ward and 50 other people liked Ed McDonald's review of Looking Glass Sound: "Disclaimer: If you know who I am it's fairly obvious that I'm not going to say anything bad about the book am I, but I had the pleasure of being the book's first reader. Looking Glass Sound is Ward at her absolute best. That strange feeling of unease," Read more of this review »
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Catriona Ward made a comment on Lonnie’s review of The Last House on Needless Street " Thank you, Lonnie! I'm so very, very glad you felt the book reflected some of your experience. ...more "
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I loved Daughter of Redwinter. It was sad, exciting, mysterious and beautifully plotted, with characters who have taken up residence in my head. I’m not normally a huge fantasy reader (though I love and respect the genre) - and it was wonderful to re ...more
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“Anyway the trick to life is, if you don’t like what is happening, go back to sleep until it stops.”
― Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

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“The young feel pain intensely, I think, because they don’t know yet how deep it can go.”
― Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

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“Everything in life is a rehearsal for loss. Only the smart people know it.”
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2nd Quarter 2022 - Horror #1

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas, 352p

4 votes, 33.3%

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, 416p

2 votes, 16.7%

The Diviners by Libba Bray, 578p

2 votes, 16.7%

Extasia by Claire Legrand, 496p

1 vote, 8.3%

From Hell by Alan Moore, 576p

1 vote, 8.3%

The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 479p

1 vote, 8.3%

Devil House by John Darnielle, 416p

1 vote, 8.3%

Sundial by Catriona Ward, 304p

0 votes, 0.0%

The White Road by Sarah Lotz, 272p

0 votes, 0.0%

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