Carey Starling
Carey Starling writes the gory, sick kind of horror, with a literary streak that it can't quite hide. They live in a small corner of Aotearoa New Zealand, writing at a desk that looks out onto a garden full of birds, with kiwifruit orchards beyond. When not writing they collect bugs and bones, dote on their pigeon called Sora and wonder what else a human body can be made to do. They also write under the name Wren Lennox.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Joan would eat anything to be beautiful. Unfortunately, she does. Joan has been invisible long enough to memorize the office hierarchy by jawline, where only the beautiful rise through the ranks. A junior editor at a ruthless NYC fashion magazine, she clocks in on time, eats lunch alone and waits for a promotion that never comes. Until she discovers a ritual in an online forum that changes everything. The process is simple: want to look like them? Eat them. Suddenly, she’s glowing: coveted campaigns, a gorgeous model’s attention and a flood of followers. The rush is intoxicating, but the results fade fast. What starts as a curious experiment becomes an escalating appetite. As her new life takes hold, the sacrifices get stranger, bloodier and more personal.
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Publication
US, UK, AU, NZ, Worldwide: Harper Collins (HQ Digital)
Release date: 22 June 2027
