Who wrote The Mermaid of Black Conch?

Monique Roffey wrote The Mermaid of Black Conch, first published in 2020. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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The Mermaid of Black Conch

Name: The Mermaid of Black Conch
Author: Monique Roffey

by Monique Roffey · 2020

Literary Fiction · ranked #263 in category

Winner · The Costa Book of the Year, 2020

A mermaid, cursed decades earlier by jealous women, is caught by fishermen off a Caribbean island — and a local fisherman who frees her finds his life transformed by a connection that crosses the boundary between human and myth. Roffey's Costa Book of the Year-winning novel draws on Caribbean folklore to tell a story about love, transformation and what communities do with what they cannot categorise.

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