Susie lives in Winnipeg, Canada with her two sons. Susie's first
novel, Bastion Falls (Dell, 1995) was likened to Stephen King.
Her second novel, was the highly praised supernatural thriller,
A Dry Spell (1997).
"Moloney intertwines powerful psychological,
supernatural, and sexual undercurrents…An absorbing rainy-afternoon
read."
Entertainment Weekly
Susie's
most recent novel is The Dwelling, 2003
(UK title, 362 Belisle St). 362 Belisle
Street, the central "character" in Susie Moloney's second
novel, is a two-story property with a Murphy bed, a working fireplace,
phantom music that tinkles faintly at night and a collection of
manipulative demons that play to the residents' vulnerabilities.
The first buyers are a young couple whose marital tensions and
financial strains leave them susceptible to the building's malevolent
spirits. Then a divorced mother and her overweight, introverted
son are seduced by the apparition of a playful orphan called Mariette.
A near-alcoholic writer recovering from an intense break-up is
the next to move in, only to suffer hallucinations of his dead
father swinging from the ceiling. Moloney manipulates the tension
artfully, giving the reader glimpses of the house's history and
leading to a suitably grotesque ending.
"If the best measure of a horror story is
how scary it is, Susie Moloney's new novel is a success. This
book will scare the bejesus out of you...not via an excess of
blood or violence, but by conveying a pervasive atmosphere of
the macabre. The Dwelling, like most good horror stories, contains
a large dollop of mystery...[and] stellar characters."
Douglas J. Johnston, Winnipeg Free
Press
Atria Books US
Random House of Canada
De Boekerij, Holland
Michael Josephs UK
Susie lives in Winnipeg, Canada with her two sons. Susie's first
novel, Bastion Falls (Dell, 1995) was likened to Stephen King.
Her second novel, was the highly praised supernatural thriller,
A Dry Spell (1997).
Susie's
most recent novel is The Dwelling, 2003
(UK title, 362 Belisle St). 362 Belisle
Street, the central "character" in Susie Moloney's second
novel, is a two-story property with a Murphy bed, a working fireplace,
phantom music that tinkles faintly at night and a collection of
manipulative demons that play to the residents' vulnerabilities.
The first buyers are a young couple whose marital tensions and
financial strains leave them susceptible to the building's malevolent
spirits. Then a divorced mother and her overweight, introverted
son are seduced by the apparition of a playful orphan called Mariette.
A near-alcoholic writer recovering from an intense break-up is
the next to move in, only to suffer hallucinations of his dead
father swinging from the ceiling. Moloney manipulates the tension
artfully, giving the reader glimpses of the house's history and
leading to a suitably grotesque ending.