Yvonne Banham
I'm a children's author living in central Scotland and I write paranormal/fantasy fiction for readers aged 11 and over. I'm available for author visits including assemblies, class visits and creative writing workshops, either in person or online. I also have experience chairing events and delivering workshops for adults. Please use the contact form for further details or search the menu for upcoming news, blogs and book reviews.
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The Haunted Life of
Delores Mackenzie
September 12th 2024
Firefly Press
Paranormal students Delores and Prudence are being hounded by inquisitors after they broke the rules and helped rescue a fellow student from death at the hands of an evil spirit. Cruel inquisitor Magoria Jepp is searching for secrets at their home in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Bookstore. But does she have an uncanny history of her own to hide?
As Delores tries to save herself and her housemates, she attracts the unwelcome attention of a murderous Boçan, or evil spirit, intent on stealing her paranormal gifts.
Delores is about to discover who she should fear the most; the living or the dead!
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Delores Mackenzie illustrations by Nathan Collins
'... a dreamy, involving delight, exerting a charmingly idiosyncratic pull on the reader. While she excels at rendering the domestic unheimlich, she is also brilliant at capturing the simple, comforting pleasures of a hot chocolate, a warm fire and true friends. This is Banham’s first novel and it augurs wonderful things to come.'
Philip Womack
Literary Review
March 2023
..a delightfully dark fantasy/horror/gothic race against otherworldly menaces. Being set in modern times but neatly nestling in the dark menacing corners of old town Edinburgh and a graveyard gives it a palpable chill. It ably brings together everything I liked about the older TV and movie horror shows, without any of the kitch.
EMW
Reviewer
Netgally
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'...so creepy you can feel it running its fingers down your spine as you read it. It takes a cold grip on you and just doesn't let go...
...Prudence's book-selling technique had me absolutely dying of laughter. I know so many booksellers who would love to be able to do that!
A dark and dangerous gift of a novel'
Liam J
Reviewer
Netgalley
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