C.J. Cooke is an acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and academic with numerous other publications as Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Her work has been published in twenty-three languages to date. Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast, and is currently Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. C.J. Cooke lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children.
‘Chilling and beautifully written, THE BOOK OF WITCHING gripped me from the very first sentence: I read it in one sitting. A haunting recreation of a real Scottish witch trial, this is CJ Cooke's finest novel yet’ Emilia Hart, Weyward ‘A fantastic blend of folklore and feminism, Cooke delicately balances terror and tenderness in a gothic, gripping tale’ Daily Mail 'A pacy, atmospheric story' Good Housekeeping 'A spellbinding thriller' Scots Magazine 'A gothic treat' Heat 'An atmospheric one-sitting read' Woman&Home PRAISE FOR C.J. COOKE ‘Rich, chilling and gorgeously gothic. A Haunting in the Arctic is the kind of enchanting, terrifying mystery I just adore’ Chris Whitaker ‘Mesmerising and terrifying, this is a powerful story lovingly told … with characters that remain with me. Highly recommended’ Lisa Ballantyne ‘Evocative and chilling, an addictive piece of polar gothic’ Anna Bailey ‘A Haunting in the Arctic is a story of a woman haunted in every way. An eerie, atmospheric novel that is full of tension and suspense, this is a beautiful gothic chiller of a book’ Elizabeth Lee