Marie Tierney was a finalist in the Daily Mail First Novel competition. When she isn’t researching criminal history, she writes plays and poetry. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, Tierney dedicated almost twenty years to working in education before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in East Anglia with her husband and son.
Tierney's new novel is Deadly Animals.
At CrimeReads the author tagged seven books that "feature young people who have taken responsibility for their own lives when the adults around them have abandoned or betrayed them." One title on the list:
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire FullerRead about another entry on the list.
In the summer of 1976, eight-year-old Peggy Hilcott is torn away from her peaceful life in London, kidnapped by her survivalist father James who believes that the end of the world is nigh. He takes them to a cabin in the middle of a German forest which is off-grid and miles from civilisation. For nine years, Peggy grows up learning how to survive in the wilderness while becoming increasingly lonely and her father becomes slowly insane. This is a bleak and beautifully written novel with a shocking revelation conclusion but hope is always present in the pragmatic yet imaginative Peggy.
The Page 69 Test: Our Endless Numbered Days.
--MarshaL Zeringue
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