• ‘An outstanding talent… Wood’s imagination is extraordinary’ 

    —The Times

  • ‘Magical and bewitching’ 

    —Vogue

  • ‘Extraordinary writing, the finest language and imagery I’ve come across in a very long time’

    —New York Times

Lucy Wood is an award winning novelist and short story writer. Her books explore folklore, ghosts and hauntings in the watery, windswept landscapes of Cornwall and the Southwest

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Lucy’s Books

  • ‘Best enjoyed with the woodburner stoked up and hail lashing the windows… a wholly original Cornish Gothic’

    —Patrick Gale

  • ‘Fresh, distinctive voices are actually very rare. Lucy Wood has one’

    —Michel Faber

  • ‘Lucy Wood is a sorceress’ 

    —Karen Russell 

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