Kate Evans (1943-2016) called St. John's home, but she was born and raised in Ireland. She immigrated to Canada in 1967 and moved to Newfoundland in 1969. Her first novel, Where Old Ghosts Meet, was shortlisted for The Margaret and John Savage First Novel Award and for the APMA Best Atlantic Published Book Award.
"A splendid, gripping story, a mystery, deftly told and with a fine
sense of both Ireland and Newfoundland .... Nora is a character to
love and Matthew Molloy is a magnificent creation, a maddening,
intriguing fella to the end." - John Doyle, author of A Great Feast
of Light and The World Is A Ball - 20100817
"Kate Evans sends her protagonist, Nora, to Newfoundland in search
of her long lost Irish grandfather but it is Peg Barry she finds.
Peg is as complex and rounded a character as ever you would want to
meet. Where Old Ghosts Meet is a familiar story, but few have told
it in a language as rich and as precise as Kate Evans." -Lillian
Bouzane, award winning author of In the Hands of the Living God -
20100817
"Romantic and dark, full of intricate secrets, betrayal,
bitterness, and redemptive love. Kate Evans vividly unveils the
mysteries of family.... Here are passionate, complex characters,
very much alive - they will last." - Lisa Moore, author of
Alligator and February - 20100817
"Where Old Ghosts Meet is romantic, that is to say mysterious and
excited about love, without ever becoming over-sentimental. Evan's
writing is fluid, carrying readers along for the ride, and her use
of the Newfoundland accents and turns of phrase give the story
personality." - Melanie Grondin, Rover Arts - 20110210
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