Today we have Kirsty Ferry on the blog talking about her 3 books.
Kirsty is from the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009 with the ghostly tale ‘Enchantment’.
Kirsty’s Rossetti Mysteries series, a set of romantic paranormal mysteries, is published by Choc Lit, along with the first book in her new timeslip series, the Hartsford Mysteries, a Christmas novella and a Witchy rom-com. Kirsty’s day-job involves sharing a Georgian building with an eclectic collection of ghosts – which can sometimes prove rather interesting.
1. What’s the first book you remember reading?
Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning. It’s a book about a dragon called R. Dragon who goes on adventures with a little girl called Susan, who is holidaying in Cornwall. I loved it so much I kept taking it out on my school library ticket as I didn’t want anyone else to have it!
2. What book will always stay with you and why?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The first Gothic, supernatural book I ever read, and I’ve read it over and over again. There is always something new to discover about it and the speeches by Heathcliff and Cathy are some of the most enduring, powerful words in English literature
3. One book you are looking forward to reading?
The new Susanna Kearsley book, Bellewether. I love her timeslip, paranormal style and this one looks pretty good. Can’t wait.
You can find Kirsty on Rosethorn Press | Twitter | Choclit
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Alex J. Cavanaugh says
Kirsty, I hope you now have a copy of that dragon book that’s all yours.
Kirsty Ferry says
I absolutely do. I bought a copy for my son, along with the two sequels when be was smaller. He’s not quite such a big fan but I loved rereading it to him 😉
Margot Kinberg says
Wuthering Heights is, of course, a classic. And the other two sound interesting, too. I always really enjoy learning about books that have meaning for other people. It’s so interesting!
Kirsty Ferry says
It is, isn’t it? And some books like WH just don’t go out of date, although they were probably quite radical in their time.
Marica says
Thanks for sharing with us this month!
Kirsty Ferry says
It was a fun thing to do! X