Catherine McCarthy weaves dark tales on an ancient loom from her farmhouse in West Wales. The House at the End of Lacelean Street is her most recent work of long fiction. Other work includes Mosaic, A Moonlit Path of Madness, and The Wolf and the Favour. Her short fiction has been published in various anthologies and magazines, including those by Black Spot Books, Nosetouch Press, Dark Matter Ink, and House of Gamut. In 2020, she won the Aberystwyth University Prize for her short fiction. Time away from the loom is spent hiking the Welsh coast path or huddled in an ancient graveyard reading Dylan Thomas or Poe.

Mary has the ear, the musicality, and, the voice for accents. She loves characters, and has a zest for life. Which is why she adores audiobooks because you can get a great story “hands-free,” useful while bringing up four kids. What kind of handbag does she use? Why, a backpack, of course! Because she’s a stylish, versatile, go-anywhere, jam-in-as-much-as-possible kind of gal.