Moïra Fowley-Doyle is half-French, half-Irish, and lives in Dublin with her husband, their young daughters, and their old cat. Moïra's French half likes red wine and dark books in which everybody dies. Her Irish half likes tea and happy endings. Moïra started a PhD on vampires in young adult fiction before concentrating on writing young adult fiction with no vampires in it whatsoever. She wrote her first novel at the age of eight, when she was told that if she wrote a story about spiders she wouldn't be afraid of them anymore. Moïra is still afraid of spiders, but has never stopped writing stories. She is the author of The Accident Season and Spellbook of the Lost and Found.
"Fowley-Doyle is herself a literary spell caster, conjuring up a
suspenseful and sensual ambiance . . . This smart and sexy
page-turner that readers will want to devour and share with their
friends is a real find."--School Library Journal, starred review
"Fowley-Doyle's lush, atmospheric storytelling contrasts
brilliantly with her characters' teenage normalcy--drinking,
skiving, and cursing while mostly loving their parents and sticking
up for each other. Readers will need patience to untangle the
plot's silver threads, but those who savored Fowley-Doyle's
previous The Accident Season will relish this as well."--Kirkus
"Complex, ambitious, magical."--Daily Mail "Spellbook is
reminiscent of a medieval tapestry in its color, complexity, and
stylistic texture. . . . This book is sure to please teens who
enjoyed Fowley-Doyle's debut novel, The Accident Season."--VOYA
"This book is filled with mystery and the storytelling is as
enchanting as the spell it contains. Readers will get lost in this
tale."--School Library Connection PRAISE FOR THE ACCIDENT
SEASON
- Kirkus Best Book of the Year
- SLJ Best Book of the Year
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
- Indie Next Pick
- Carnegie Medal Nominee
- Waterstone's Children's Book Award finalist "Fowley-Doyle's
stunning debut novel weaves the temporal and the spiritual into a
seamless reality, rich in emotional impact. Devastating loss and
abuse are balanced by romance, teen hijinks, and spine-tingling
discoveries. . . . This thought-provoking narrative will cast its
spell over older teens and adults alike."--School Library Journal,
starred review "Ghosts, secrets, and magic collide in this Irish
author's astonishing debut. . . . a moving portrait of a fractured
family, knitting itself back together with courage and love. A
powerful novel from an exciting new talent."--Kirkus, starred
review "Beautifully crafted and atmospheric, the magic realism of
this book gradually peels away to expose secrets and reveal
unexpected truths. Readers will be swept away by Fowley-Doyle's
lyrical writing and entrancing premise in this tale of forbidden
love and magic."--Booklist "Sensuous, eerie, lyrical . . .
Fowley-Doyle's The Accident Season reads like a poem. The mystery
is intriguing, the writing is gorgeous, and the characters are
vivid. A lovely debut."--April Tulcholke, author of Between the
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea "The Accident Season is
amazing."--Holly Black "Atmospheric and magical."--VOYA "A lyrical
and sometimes chilling exploration of the ways in which we
manipulate memories to fall in line with our present narrative--the
lies we tell ourselves to keep our brains safe and happy. Cara's
narration brilliantly, sometimes brutally conveys the unraveling of
both Cara and her family . . . and the bittersweet ending will
haunt readers as much it does Cara."--BCCB
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