'I need to write, to tell stories': Cork author Eibhlís Carcione on her gothic debut novel for children
The heroine of Eibhlís Carcione’s debut fantasy novel for children came to her in a dream: A black-haired girl at the edge of a curious town inhabited by the living and the dead. Her parents are missing and all she has in the world is a battered, beige suitcase with a faded sticker of a black butterfly on it.
Her name came later: Raven McKay. And when she arrives in Grave’s Pass, you are immediately transported to an otherworldly realm brought to life in spine-tingling detail by an author with something special to offer.
