Inspired by the true story of confessed witch Isobel Gowdie in 17th century Scotland, BITTER MAGIC is told by Isobel herself and also by Margaret Hay, a fictionalized seventeen-year-old noble woman. Margaret becomes interested in Isobel’s magic—in fairies and herbal remedies—and Isobel freely sha...
Nancy Hayes Kilgore is the author of two other novels, WILD MOUNTAIN (Green Writers Press, 2017) and SEA LEVEL (RCWMS, 2011). She has won the Vermont Writers Prize, a ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award, and a Pushcart Prize nomination.