Heather Fawcett

Heather Fawcett is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction for adults and younger readers whose imaginative, richly atmospheric novels have earned her a growing international readership. Her writing combines inventive world-building with warmth, wit, and a love of folklore and fairy tale traditions. Fawcett grew up in a small town in British Columbia and studied English literature. Her love of fantasy, folklore, and the natural world infuses all of her writing, and her books are characterised by their vivid settings, their charming characters, and their playful engagement with genre conventions. Her adult fantasy novels include the Emily Wilde series, beginning with Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (2023) — a delightful novel about a prickly, brilliant Victorian scholar who travels to a remote Scandinavian village to research the local fae for her encyclopaedia, only to encounter a charming rival academic and dangerous fairy magic. The book was praised for its cosy-yet-adventurous atmosphere, its academic setting, and its slow-burn romance. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands continued the series. For younger readers, Fawcett has written Even the Darkest Stars and its sequel All the Wandering Light, as well as The World Between Blinks (co-written with Amie Kaufman) and other titles. A Galaxy of Whales is among her recent works. Fawcett's writing is distinguished by its warmth, its inventiveness, and its ability to make fantastical settings feel both wondrous and grounded. Her characters are smart, flawed, and endearing, and her stories balance adventure with emotion. The audiobook editions of Fawcett's novels are charming, atmospheric listens, with narrators capturing the wit and warmth of her storytelling. Her books and audiobooks are essential for fantasy readers who love folklore-inspired worlds, academic settings, and stories that are as cosy as they are magical.