Mother Sea

Lorraine Wilson is an ex-conservation scientist who writes fiction influenced by folklore and the wilderness. With a third-culture heritage, she is drawn to themes of family, belonging and the legacy of trauma. Her debut novel This Is Our Undoing (2021) was shortlisted for the Kavya Prize and for the British Fantasy Society's Best Newcomer and Best Fantasy Novel awards, and longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association's Best Novel award. Her second novel The Way the Light Bends was published in 2022. Mother Sea was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2023. She won a British Fantasy Award for her short story Bathymetry in 2022. Lorraine currently lives on the east coast of Scotland with her family.

'Wilson's prose moves at a relaxed pace - sticky, sweet and abundant' -The Daily Telegraph'Lyrical, moving, and at times haunting, Mother Sea proves that Wilson is an author to watch out for. The prose drew me in immediately, and I found it hard to tear my eyes away, reading well into the night. This is a book I will be thinking about for a long time. Just brilliant!' -Awais Khan, author of No Honour'With prose as vivid and colourful as a sunset, Wilson paints a tale that is both timeless and intensely topical. I was mesmerised and moved by the unfolding story and I have never read anything where climate change is felt so corporeally - it affects our environment, but also our bodies, our children' -Maria Turtschaninoff, author of the Red Abbey Chronicles and Inherited Land'Complex, rich and beautifully crafted' -Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'Wilson's novel is rooted in a deep sense of place, beautifully evoking the history and magic of Scotland. A fantasy-tinged story about the hole grief makes, complicated family relationships, and the road to healing' -A.C. Wise author of Wendy, Darling on The Way the Light Bends