Essie Fox Writer
@essiefox
Catherine: A retelling of Wuthering heights is my latest novel, exploring the classic book through the voice of Cathy's ghost.
I'm at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this summer - for two events. Join me and Jess Kidd on Sunday August 15th for a discussion of Modern Gothic, and then on Monday August 16th, I'll be directing a 'Close Read' of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/close...
My next event is on Tuesday, September 30th at the glorious Stansted House. I'm so thrilled to be invited, and to be there with Ness Bowler, fellow author and friend who will be interviewing me. Details in link attached - www.stanstedpark.co.uk/inconversati... @orendabooks.bsky.social
I'll be at Newark Book festival tomorrow along with Laura Shepherd Robinson, talking about the research behind our Georgian era novels. Do come along and join us. Tickets and further info in the link attached www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk/event/georgi...
Join me, Caroline Lea, and @annamazz.bsky.social for a night of vampires, monsters and witches at Windsor Waterstones. Event is Thursday June 19 at 7.30pm, and there will be refreshments ... if you dare to sample them. Please share the word with any friends who might also be interested.
Join me and Caroline Lea for a night of the doomed Romantics, with monsters both human and supernatural as we discuss our latest novels, Dangerous and Love, Sex & Frankenstein. Refreshments will be provided. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/a-sum...
Dangerous has been out just over a week now and I promise to talk about something else soon, but just in case you’ve missed the news… @orendabooks.bsky.social
One dark and stormy night in May 1816, Lord Byron challenged his guests at the Villa Diodati to write a horror story. Mary Shelley began Frankenstein, but what came of Byron's own idea? The answer lies in my article in Historia magazine. www.historiamag.com/byron-vampir... @orendabooks.bsky.social
I’m in Haworth and it’s the ten year anniversary of the wonderful Wave of Nostalgia bookshop. If you’re nearby, pop in and see all the beautiful books they have in display.
Roll up, roll up ...The Fascination is just 99p on ebook. Get your weekend slice of Victorian gothic with my Sunday Times bestselling novel that features the rural fairgrounds, the London theatres, and a sinister museum in Oxford Street. @orendabooks.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Fascination-...
I'm simply blown away by the responses to early readers of Dangerous. Lord Byron was so much more than the two dimensional figure he's so often painted as today. Thank you, David. This is wonderful. bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/04/blog...
Yesterday, I went Clays the printer and signed copies of the HB of Dangerous which will be published on April 24th. It's such a beautiful book - sometimes it looks black, and then the light catches and it flares up into red. The spredges are gorgeous. Ornamented pages too. @orendabooks.bsky.social
I've just finished reading The Secrets of the Bees, by @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social and published by @headofzeus.bsky.social this coming June. The perfect summer read ...
Thank you @bridgetwalsh.bsky.social for this quote for Dangerous. So pleased you enjoyed the novel. @orendabooks.bsky.social #gothic #lordbyron #venice #vampyre
Coming soon ... Lord Byron in Venice. Murder, mystery - and a vampyre! @orendabooks.bsky.social
My publisher @Orendabooks has posted the first page of my new novel, Dangerous. A brief introduction to the opening of Lord Byron's coffin to prove the body exists, and hasn't been stolen by ressurrectionists. The body is there - but also something else. A secret memoir about his life in Venice ...
For the next few days only, a Waterstones online special preorder offer of 25% off the hardback edition of Dangerous, with its foiling and sprayed edges, and lovely ornamented pages inside. Use code: PREORDER25 at checkout. www.waterstones.com/book/dangero...
Thanks to @rosannaforte.bsky.social for this beautiful finished copy of The Woman in the Wallpaper by @lorajones.com - this is very fine historical fiction and highly recommended. Proud to have my name and endorsement on the back cover. And look at Lora's own illustrations on the inside covers.
Watching this version of Wuthering Heights tonight. 1970 - with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff. I don't think I've seen this one before. Lovely music. #wutheringheights #emilybronte
I have a new book coming out this April, based on Lord Bryon's time in Venice, and the publication of The Vampyre - murders, mystery, decadence, and possibly a real vampire in the mix. Dangerous by Essie Fox, published by @orendabooks.bsky.social
After talking fondly with writers friends about this the other night, I've decided to listen to the whole of the Ed Reardon's Week episodes again. Just finished series 1 - and currently chuckling my way through 2. It's so funny - and so true! @annamazz.bsky.social @kateagriffin.bsky.social