Felicia Kate Solomon is a graduate of the MA Writing Programme at Sheffield Hallam University. Felicia also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Felicia has taught the creative arts to children in primary schools both in the UK and USA and alongside writing prose, she also writes and performs her own work for solo performance. Felicia lives near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England.

Lucia”s Poltergeist is Felicia’s debut novel. Although firmly a work of fiction, Felicia drew from her own past to pen this provocative psychological scenario where a teenager, devoid of love and affection creates a poltergeist to communicate with her family, but then cannot stop her own actions-almost as if the poltergeist truly exists.

Felicia Kate Solomon wrote this book to make better sense of her life. Having experienced a challenging childhood, she wanted to turn her life material into fiction to both gain a better understanding of herself and to reach other teenagers who have had similar experiences.

The themes of duality and polarity were ones Felicia was especially keen to explore, as growing up in difficult circumstances can exacerbate this ‘splitting,’, creating a different self to cope or survive. Felicia is fascinated by the role of the double, the Jekyl and Hyde within us all, and she wanted to shed light on this issue through the protagonist, Lucia’s, story. ‘It is vital,’ Felicia states, ‘that we come to know both the light and the shade within ourselves, to become as integrated and human as possible.’

‘This is a brilliant book, one of the best written books I have ever read.’
Review of Lucia’s Poltergeist by Love-reading.co.uk

Felicia is working on her second novel, a love story, which explores the themes of intimate relationships and finding fulfilment in mid life. She also wants to merge her two passions of travel and literature into a blog of travel writing and Felicia plans to write a third book, exploring the vital relationship between creativity and mental illness and finding holistic ways to deal with psychological trauma.

“A quiet thriller that succeeds in mirroring life’s complex and jarring pathways.”
– Kirkus Reviews