Author: Melissa Harrison

Melissa Harrison is a novelist, nature writer, critic and columnist whose previous books include Clay, At Hawthorn Time and Rain: Four Walks in English Weather. She lives in Suffolk and London, and can be found on Twitter at @m_z_harrison.
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“The neck! The neck! The neck!” – Kern Dollies, Corn Spirits & Harvest Home

by Melissa Harrison

Incorporating folklore can add authenticity, richness and whole new layers of meaning to historical fiction. Novelist Melissa Harrison explores how traditional practices and beliefs around the harvest informed her creative process when she was writing her new book, All Among the Barley

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