Deborah Harkness
History professor who tumbled down the rabbit hole and wrote the international best-selling books of the All Souls series FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSCHARACTERS
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The Black Bird Oracle
“The Black Bird Oracle ushers in a thrilling new era for Diana, an Oxford scholar and powerful witch, as she navigates marriage to the vampire Matthew and motherhood, while reckoning with dark secrets from her family’s storied past. There’s no better time to get swept up in the romance, adventure, and magic of the All Souls world, beginning with A Discovery of Witches.”
—Bustle
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In BOOK FIVE of the All Souls Series, Diana and Matthew receive a formal demand from the Congregation: They must test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Rebecca. Concerned with their safety and desperate to avoid the same fate that led her parents to spellbind her, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family’s future and answers a message from a great-aunt she never knew existed, Gwyneth Proctor, whose invitation simply reads: It’s time you came home, Diana
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brief update!
Hello All Souls Family! I am so looking forward to our real time read for A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Our TBBO real time read was a delight and I'm still basking in the glow of your comments and insights. A lot has been simmering in the creative kitchen which I...
The Black Bird Oracle Real-Time-Read + other treats!
PAPERBACK edition, published May 6, 2025 Click here to order a copy. * * * This summer, we're doing our *very first* Real-Time Read of THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE. Here’s the calendar: You can find it HERE and HERE. Not sure what a Real-Time Read is?...
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1. Ysabeau is in it 2. No living falcons are in it 3. No dead falcons are in it 4. Tamsy is in it 5. Davy Hancock is in it
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I collect faces.
Did you know you can't make up a face? Not entirely? You are always cutting and pasting real faces you know into an imaginary face. As a novelist and a historian I am fascinated by people and have a file of faces on my phone so that when I create a new character I am...
A playlist for April 2025
To remind us all of the power of community and peaceful protest. open.spotify.com/playl…
Official 60th birthday portrait.
April 5, 2025
Time’s Convert Read Along MARCH 24-APRIL 18
Mark your calendars, gather up your post-its and pens, find your copy of TIME’S CONVERT and let's get ready for a deep dive into the American Revolution, Marcus & Phoebe, and the twins. We’re holding a TIME’S CONVERT READ ALONG, March 23-April 19, complete with...
Q: Can we expect to see more seasons of the ADOW TV show soon?
A: I can write books or make tv. Not both. I am choosing to write. x Deb