Paula Brackston

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Paula Brackston
Born Dorset, England
Pen nameP. J. Brackston
P. J. Davy
Mabli Roberts
OccupationWriter
Visiting lecturer
NationalityBritish
EducationM.A. in Creative Writing
Alma mater Lancaster University
GenreContemporary fantasy
Historical fantasy
Historical mystery
Website
paulabrackston.com
pjbrackston.com

Paula Brackston (aka P. J. Brackston, P. J. Davy, and Mabli Roberts) is the New York Times bestselling [1] [2] author of The Witch's Daughter and other historical fantasy novels. She also writes the fantasy crime Brothers Grimm Mystery series under the pseudonym P. J. Brackston. [3] [4]

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Life and writing career

Prior to solidifying her career as a fiction writer, Brackston worked as a groom on a racing yard, a travel agent, a secretary, an English teacher, and a goat herd. [5] She attended Lancaster University, where she received her M.A. in creative writing. Brackston is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Wales, Newport. [6]

She was born in Dorset, England, and grew up in Wales, where she now lives with her partner and their two children. [7] She has lived in Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, where The Winter Witch takes place, and spent six years in central London near Fitzroy Square, where The Midnight Witch is set in seventeenth-century England. Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, the main character of The Witch's Daughter, lived in Brackston's hometown of Dorset. [8] [9] [6]

Brackston's debut novel, The Witch’s Daughter, [10] [11] [12] was originally published in February 2009 under the title The Book of Shadows and was intended as the first book in the proposed Shadow Chronicles series, followed by The Winter Witch. [13] [14] [15] However, each of the novels are standalones that explore witches and their experiences through different times and settings. [5] The Witch’s Daughter spawned a sequel titled TheReturn of the Witch in 2016. In Lamp Black, Wolf Grey, Brackston introduces Merlin as one of the main characters in the story. [3]

Bibliography

As Paula Brackston

Found Things

The Witch’s Daughter

Short Story

Standalone Novels

Nonfiction

Anthologies

As P. J. Brackston

Brothers Grimm Mysteries

As P. J. Davy

As Mabli Roberts

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References

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  2. ↑ "Best Sellers: Combined Print & E-Book Fiction: Sunday, January 20th 2013". The New York Times Book Review. The New York Times Company. 20 January 2013. p. 21. Gale Document Number: GALE|A315669018. Retrieved 30 May 2017– via Literature Resource Center.
  3. 1 2 "Catching up with Paula Brackston, author of Lamp Black, Wolf Grey | My Bookish Ways". www.mybookishways.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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  5. 1 2 Fergus, Stefan (19 September 2013). "Civilian Reader: An Interview with PAULA BRACKSTON". Civilian Reader. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Interview: The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston". The Lit Bitch. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Paula Brackston | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Brown, Eric (16 January 2015). "The best science fiction in January – review roundup". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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  10. ↑ "THE WITCH'S DAUGHTER by Paula Brackston". Kirkus Reviews. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Maine, David (29 May 2012). "The Multi-Stranded Tale, 'The Witch's Daughter', Can't Quite Leave Genre Conventions Behind". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Shipley, Kelci (12 January 2011). "What We're Reading: The Witch's Daughter". Marie Claire. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "THE WINTER WITCH by Paula Brackston". Kirkus Reviews. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. ↑ Brackston, Paula (2 February 2009). The Book of Shadows. London: Snowbooks Ltd. ISBN   9781905005970.
  15. ↑ Brown, Eric (20 November 2013). "Science fiction roundup – reviews". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ↑ Brackston, Paula (2009). Book of shadows. London: Snowbooks. ISBN   9781906727123. OCLC   245565547.
  17. ↑ Brackston, Paula (2010). Lamp black, wolf grey. London: Snowbooks. ISBN   9781906727482. OCLC   465369895.
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