Prior to solidifying her career as a fiction writer, Brackston worked as a
groom on a racing yard, a travel agent, a secretary, an English teacher, and a
goat herd. She attended
Lancaster University, where she received her
M.A. in creative writing. Brackston is also a
visiting lecturer at the
University of Wales, Newport. She has lived in
Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, where
The Winter Witch takes place, and spent six years in
central London near
Fitzroy Square, where
The Midnight Witch is set in
seventeenth-century England. Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, the main character of ''The Witch's Daughter'', lived in Brackston's hometown of Dorset. Brackston's debut novel,
The Witch’s Daughter, was originally published in February 2009 under the title
The Book of Shadows and was intended as the first book in the proposed Shadow Chronicles series, followed by
The Winter Witch. However, each of the novels are standalones that explore witches and their experiences through different times and settings.
The Witch’s Daughter spawned a sequel titled
The Return of the Witch in 2016. In
Lamp Black, Wolf Grey, Brackston introduces
Merlin as one of the main characters in the story. == Bibliography ==