![]() ![]() Witches Steeped in Gold is an ode to my love of magic and island tales-those of fact as well as fiction. In the years that followed, still gripped by that visceral dread and excitement whenever I’d think back to what I discovered that summer, when I made my first foray into writing YA fantasy, there was no doubt as to what it would be about. ![]() An avid fan of Sabrina the Teenage Witch growing up, discovering my culture was entrenched with its own magic was the highlight of that holiday-though that’s not to say I didn’t bolt my windows at night, even when we returned to England. ![]() Secretive, and with little written record, it was only discussed by my maternal aunties under duress, in hushed tones limned with fear and respect. It wasn’t until a family vacation to Jamaica that I learned about the legend that would inspire one of two magic systems in this book-Obeah. While I was born in England to Jamaican parents, I didn’t grow up hearing island tales. The seed for Witches Steeped in Gold was planted during the summer I turned twelve. ![]()
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