Vanessa Savage
Vanessa Savage is represented by Juliet Mushens
Vanessa Savage is a graphic designer and illustrator. She lives in South Wales with her husband and two daughters.
Her debut novel, The Woman in the Dark, was bought at auction by Sphere in the UK and Grand Central Publishing in the US and was published as a lead title in January 2019. Her second novel, The Woods, was published in January 2020.
She has twice been awarded with a Writers’ Bursary by Literature Wales, most recently for The Woman in the Dark.
She won the Myriad Editions First Crimes competition and her work has been highly commended in the Yeovil International Fiction Prize, short-listed for the Harry Bowling Prize, and the Caledonia Fiction Prize.
She has also had short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and her work was broadcasted on the radio as a highly commended winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition.
Her third book, The Night They Vanished, was published by Sphere in the UK and Grand Central in the US in May 2022.
Praise for The Woman in the Dark:
‘Kept us utterly spooked and utterly hooked!’ — Heat
‘Read this brilliantly creepy thriller in one weekend because I couldn't put it down! So scary, pacy and compelling with a very clever twist. One I'm still thinking about now.’ — Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of Last Seen Alive
‘An intense tale of deceit, treachery and loss.’ — Sun
‘Creepy, atmospheric, and with a tangible sense of growing unease which powers a compelling story and keeps you turning the pages. Vanessa Savage is a name to watch and I can't wait to see what she writes next!’ — Amanda Jennings, bestselling author of The Cliff House
‘A vivid portrait of buried tensions’ — The Daily Mail
‘LOVED The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage. Unputdownable thriller that I devoured in a couple of sittings’ — Laura Marshall, Sunday Times bestselling author of Friend Request
‘Claustrophobic and compelling’ — Good Housekeeping
Praise for The Woods:
‘There is a cool directness about Savage's writing that is making her name in a very competitive field . . . hooks her readers and keeps them dangling till the very last page.’ — Daily Mail
‘A dark and thoroughly compulsive tale. At once a page turning thriller and an exploration of the tumultuous yet inextricable ties between sisters. A definite 'up all nighter!’ — Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat
‘I absolutely loved it. An intriguing and atmospheric exploration of deaths which have haunted three families for years, and the violent dark secrets which have long since been forgotten. Brilliant!’ — Rachel Blok, author of Under The Ice
‘This atmospheric thriller weaves an intricate plot that keeps you guessing.’ — Heat
‘The Woods has a haunting fairy-tale like quality that is both immersive and eerie.’ — Woman
Rights sold:
The Woman in the Dark: Sphere (UK), Grand Central Publishing (US), Baronet (Czech), EDLM (France), Droemer (Germany), Sonia Draga (Poland), Eksmo (Russia), Alianza (Spain)
The Woods: Sphere (UK), Grand Central Publishing (US)
The Night They Vanished: Sphere (UK), and Little, Brown (US)