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Naomi Kelsey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agent: Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Naomi Kelsey\u2019s first novel, THE BURNINGS, was published in hardback, eBook and audio to considerable acclaim in June 2023 by HarperNorth, with a paperback published in June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naomi\u2019s second novel, THE DARKENING TIDE, set in the age of Elizabethan exploration, was published in hardback in April 2025 by HarperNorth.  The paperback was published in March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her third novel, PALE MISTRESS, a retelling of Othello<\/em> from the viewpoint of Bianca, the only female character to survive at the end of the play, was published by HarperNorth in July 2026 in hardback, eBook and Audio, with the paperback due out in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naomi teaches English Literature in a Newcastle secondary school. She has won two Northern Writers\u2019 Awards and the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Competition as well as being shortlisted for several further awards including the Bristol and Bridport Prizes. She lives in Newcastle and has two young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the sixteenth-century witch hunts. Witchcraft, espionage and the deadly world of the royal court fuse into a compelling, unforgettable narrative. A stunning debut” Tracy Borman, author of The King\u2019s Witch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was mesmerised” Laura Shepperson, author of The Heroines<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A beautifully written re-imagining of the North Berwick witch trials with clever and tantalising glimpses into the cross-over between witchcraft and lived experience in sixteenth-century Scotland.” S.G. MacLean, author of The Bookseller of Inverness<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Deliciously gothic and twisty” Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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