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Francesca May grew up in the middle of England where she spent her childhood devouring fantasy books and brewing potions in her back garden. She currently lives in Derby with her family, three giant dogs and three cats.
By day she works as a bookseller. By night she accidentally kills every house plant she touches and writes novels about gothic mansions, witchcraft, and queer love.
She also writes as Fran Dorricott.
Genres: Fantasy
Francesca May recommends
Dark is When the Devil Comes (2026)
Daisy Pearce
"Disorientating, unsettling, and with an eerie atmosphere that crawls beneath your skin and digs its claws deep, Dark is When the Devil Comes is the perfect blend of horror and thriller. Pearce's taut storytelling and shocking revelations had me breathless, and as chilled as Idless' freezing, haunted woods."
Her Wicked Roots (2025)
Tanya Pell
"Darkly enchanting, Her Wicked Roots is haunting, propulsive and as hypnotic as the poisonous blooms at the novel's heart. Truly a bewitching sapphic delight."
The Book of Autumn (2025)
Molly O'Sullivan
"A refreshingly sunbaked dark academia set amidst the mesas and ranches of New Mexico, O'Sullivan's debut is scorching with romance and magic, ambition and power, and the insidious nature of grief."
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