Calligraphed parchment reading “Deborah E. Wilson — Author” beside an inkpot and quill

FacebookInstagramBluesky Twitter/XGoodreads – Rate and ReviewStoryGraph – email: contact@deborahewilsonauthor.co.uk

Author of Gothic Fiction

Next Event

Publishing Panel; 3pm
Self Pub Fest, Holiday Inn, Aylesbury
Sunday 4th October: 9am-6pm
More InformationTickets here


Bookshop Stockists

Evie’s Book Nook

21 Market Pl, Retford DN22 6DQ

The Book Lounge

41 Main St, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth LA6 2AH

Want to buy one of Deborah’s books from your local bookshop? Any bookshop should be able to order copies via IngramSpark.


Regular and Previous Events

Bolsover Artisan Market


Newark Book Festival: Literature Village


Gainsborough Word Fest


Palterton Village Hall: Summer and Christmas Fairs


Retford Authors Group: Meet the Authors


Whitwell Library Talk


Bawtry Festival

Deborah has been fortunate to have the support of these events and venues. In some cases these have been recurring events that Deborah has been a part of for several years.
Deborah is always on the lookout for new events and festivals to take part in and welcomes any future opportunities.


Find Out More About Deborah’s Books


The Malediction of Lucida Grey

‘A shadow was upon Lucida Grey.’
This is no typical Georgian novel; Lucida Grey is no Austen heroine. She is dark and troubled, playing out the role she is meant to play with difficulty, with scorn for the suitors who try to tame her.

In rural England, Lucida Grey is the heiress of a vast estate and the palatial Hedworth Hall. You will discover Lucida’s world through her account of events. Beware, reader: she holds a terrible secret, and is wrestling with the weight of her guilt.

In an era when witchcraft was thought to have been ‘debunked’, this novel creates a new perspective: something inexplicable by science or nature – a new ‘monster’ for the Gothic genre.

Available on Amazon
(Paperback or Kindle – Click the link above to buy!)


An Artist’s Muse

Available on Amazon

(Paperback or Kindle – click the link above to buy!)

Finalist in the People’s Book Prize 2021

Meet a new breed of Gothic monster…
Nineteenth-century London. Clara Breslin is earning her keep in her brother’s apothecary. She isn’t interested in married life and spends her free time painting portraits of strangers who walk by her window. Her study is infuriatingly unexceptional – until she meets Matthias Tarasso, an actor.

Watching him perform, she finds herself captivated. Matthias becomes a dominant influence over her and his presence helps Clara create true masterpieces.

But an unseen evil is feeding on the tragedy that blights London’s streets and dwellings.

Clara suffers from horrific nightmares involving disease and fatality when customers of the apothecary grow ill from its remedies. After a suspicious death, Matthias becomes the main suspect. But who is really causing death, fatality and tragedy? Is it Matthias? Or Clara? Perhaps the truth behind the crime is far more insidious and cruel than anyone could have imagined…


Reviews of An Artist’s Muse:

  • Review by Dr J Chatterton

Reviews of The Malediction of Lucida Grey:

  • Review by Dr J Chatterton
  • A 5-star review of The Malediction of Lucida Grey from Amazon