About the Author

Olivia Rana has a Masters of Art in Creative Writing from Queen's University, Belfast. She has achieved success in several short story competitions, including the Mitchelstown International Short Story Competition, Fish International Short Story Prize, and the Bristol Short Story Award. She has had several short stories and non-fiction articles published both online and in magazine publications and she is a contributor to writing.ie, an online magazine site for writers and readers. Olivia is a member of Women Aloud NI, a collective of female writers from across NI, through which she participates in literary events across Ireland. She has also been involved with the Fighting Words programme, a series of creative writing workshops for children and young people in Northern Ireland and has taught a novel-writing course at Queen's University, Belfast. Olivia Rana lives in Belfast with her husband and two children. She is currently working on her third novel.

Reviews

'I so love this novel. Black Beach not only has everything you want in a story, a storyline which keeps you reading until it is finished, and characters so real, you feel like you know them and the changing world they live in. But also what I love the most; the story shows friendship between the worlds in a real way. A friendship between humans and huldufolk in a way that has been real for many through the centuries but is often misunderstood or ridiculed. In Black Beach however this friendship is portrayed with depth and realism, a story of true friendship, no matter the dimension or specie. Olivia Rana completely understands this friendship and connection between the worlds, and knows how to show us readers in a way that touches us deeply, so you sit up all night reading and after the book is finished, you really want more. Thank you for this beautiful novel.Ragnhildur "Ragga" Jónsdóttir, seer and a friend of elves and huldufolk, Iceland.