Shadowstitch

Cari Thomas has always loved magic, inspired by her upbringing among the woods and myths of Wales’s Wye Valley. She studied English and Creative Writing at Warwick University and Magazine Journalism at The Cardiff School of Journalism. Her first job was at teen Sugar magazine, where she ran the book club and quickly realised she wanted to be the one writing the books instead. She went on to work at a creative agency, spending her spare time researching magic and accumulating an unusual collection of occult books. She wrote her first novel, Threadneedle, while living in London, wandering the city and weaving it with all the magic she wished it contained. She now lives in Monmouthshire with her husband and son, who bears the appropriately Celtic name of Taliesin.

Praise for SHADOWSTITCH ‘A rich, multi-layered and mesmerising journey. Utterly brilliant and addictive. I was totally hooked and felt like I was living Anna's world with her!’ Carly Reagon‘Shadowstich is a captivating adventure through the magical side of London. Absolutely worth missing my stop on the tube!’ Phoenicia Rogerson'Witchy readers, your time has come… Thomas's conversational, easy prose draws you into a tale of dark enchantments and hidden truths.' Glamour‘Shadowstitch is a darkly bewitching, luminous read that wove a magic spell on me from the first gleaming word. I adore this series!' M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood'From the intricate lore and fairy tales that fill its pages to the complex and challenging relationships between the cast of characters, to the terrifying depiction of a society driven to hysteria by the fear of occult power, I loved every page of this ensorcelling tale. Shadowstitch is a brilliant magical read.' Rosie Andrews, bestselling author of The Puzzle Wood Praise for Cari Thomas ‘There’s magic in every nook and cranny – as well as shops selling memories – in this fantastical novel that stalks the streets of London’s underbelly’ METRO‘A bewitching tale of magic, family secrets and twisted affections, of finding your true self in a world of treacherous mystery!’ David Wragg, author of THE BLACK HAWKS‘THREADNEEDLE had me spellbound – a luminous, captivating fantasy that left me longing to return to Thomas’s vividly imagined magical world. With teen witches, hidden libraries, secrets and lies, it’s a dream of a book, and I loved it.’ Katie Lowe, author of THE FURIES