The Hidden People is set in Victorian rural society, and is about the murder of a young girl suspected of being a fairy changeling - it's loosely based on the case of Bridget Cleary, who was burned to death by her husband in 1895.

My most recent novel has represented quite a change in direction, as I've moved into historical fiction. After a time they started to be selected for several 'Year's Best' anthologies, and I started working on writing a novel. I joined a local writing course and wrote for the love of it, gradually moving into dark fantasy and horror and getting short stories published in various magazines and anthologies. I've always loved books and I think I always harboured a secret dream of having my name on the cover one day. Applicant Terms and Conditions and Policies.International & EU Fees, Funding & Scholarships.Funding and Scholarships for International Students.Northumbria University UCAS Exhibitions.Lisa has won numerous awards, including the North East teen Book Award, the Southern Schools Book Award, the GDST Award, the Fabulous Book Award and the Concorde Book Award, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children s Prize (twice) and the YA Prize. Lisa Heathfield is the author of SEED, PAPER BUTTERFLIES, FLIGHT OF A STARLING and I AM NOT A NUMBER. Haunted and bewildered, this hastily formed family begins to tear itself apart.

And every day they spend there, Clara can feel unknown forces changing her brother. As their worlds collide, Clara and Auntie struggle for control. All those hours washing, polishing, preparing beds and pickling fruit and now Clara and Stephen are here, like a miracle, on her doorstep.īut as they explore their new home, the children uncover ghosts Auntie buried long ago. Beyond it all the loch sits, silent and waiting.Īuntie has wanted them for so long – real children with hair to brush and arms to slip into the clothes made just for them. It’s a summer to explore the remote house, the walled garden and woods. A terrifying story of ghosts and grief, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackon’s The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James The Turn of the Screw, in award-winning author Lisa Heathfield s first adult novel.įollowing their mother’s accident, Clara and Stephen are sent to stay with their aunt and uncle.

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