Heather Davey has an MA in Writing (with distinction) from Bath Spa University and is an alumna of the Curtis Brown Creative Finish Your Novel course. She is a librarian and a judge for the Yoto Carnegie Medals in 2025 and 2026. She lives in Dorset with her husband and two children.

Heather has always been fascinated by ghost stories and was a key contributor in the recent BBC 2 series, Uncanny, with Danny Robins. Her debut novel, The Ghosts of Merry Hall, was published in 2025, and will be followed in 2026 by The Memory Tree.

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‘You'd be hard pressed to ever forget The Memory Tree once it takes root. This wicked tendril of folk horror reaches down deep, rummaging through the reader, making a home for itself that will last for years to come, perhaps a novel to outlive us all.’ – Clay McLeod Chapman

‘A warp and weft of folklore, fear and the power of remembrance, Davey’s latest is striking. Old things have memories too and not all are good. The Memory Tree is brilliantly gothic, thoroughly haunting and a damn fine read.’  – Angela “A.G.” Slatter

‘Intricately plotted and with a bone-deep sense of place, The Memory Tree is a gem dripping with atmosphere. Long-buried secrets simmer and uncanny occurrences rattle through the pages, making this book impossible to put down.’ – Amy Jane Stewart

‘Dark, unsettling and beautifully written, this gothic chiller is full of surprises. Terrifying but impossible to put down – I loved it!’ – Carly Reagon

‘A mesmerising and original Gothic tale that I struggled to put down. Beautifully written, dark and delicious. I literally dropped everything to read it in two days!’ – Jody Cooksley

‘A darkly gleaming gem of a novel about the persistence of memory and the dangers lurking in the shadows of an old and brooding house.’ – A. J. Elwood