SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023
'When it comes to writing YA fiction as beautiful, eerie and utterly chilling as WISE CREATURES, Deirdre Sullivan is in a league of her own' - Louise O'Neill, author of ONLY EVER YOURS
I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don't, of course.
It's people, isn't it? They begin with people.
If anyone knows what it is to be haunted, it's Daisy. The ghosts of her troubled past are ever present. Daisy has always done her best to shut the ghosts away. To shut away the wise creatures who used to whisper to her from the walls of the house. To live a normal life.
But now, something is humming in the house. Something dark, and unknown. And it's targeting Nina, her beloved sister. Daisy knows that something is up. And that the wise creatures, locked away for so long, are back. And this time, who knows what they want?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023
An incisive and powerful novel that explores the results of repressed trauma and the ways in which traumatic experiences can be a sort of 'haunting' that stay with you as you navigate the worldFor fans of Dawn Kurtagich (And The Trees Crept In), Shirley Jackson (The Haunting of Hill House), CJ Skuse (Monster) and Krystal Sutherland (House of Hollow)Narratives around poltergeists and adolescent girls hold enduring fascination - From The Exorcist to the Conjuring filmsDeirdre is a two-time winner of the teen/YA Irish Book Award with SAVAGE HER REPLY IN 2020 and TANGLEWEED AND BRINE in 2017, and PERFECTLY PREVENTABLE DEATHS was shortlisted in 2019PERFECTLY PREVENTABLE DEATHS has been optioned for television by Working Partners TV 
