Join us to welcome Anna North, author of the New York Times bestseller Outlawed and Bog Queen, on of our favorite novels from 2025.

Bog Queen was inspired in part by the true story of a woman’s body found in a bog in 1983, preserved in the moss for thousands of years. In the novel, we meet the dead woman right away, and alternate between England in the Iron Age and the near-present. In the present day, we meet Agnes, a forensic anthropologist; initially called upon to provide a simple identification, Agnes is drawn in by an unshakeable need to uncover the whole story. These women are ambitious, thorny, and dangerously curious. I hope you will have a chance to dip in to this utterly compelling novel soon.

PRAISE FOR BOG QUEEN

“Bog Queen is a story I won't soon forget: exquisitely observed and filled with details about moss, druids, and dead bodies I wasn't aware I needed to know (but am now pleased to). Daring, delightful, and moving, this novel should be required reading for all of us facing a changing climate and uncertain future.”

—Rachel Khong, author of Real Americans

“Bog Queen is an iridescent contemporary folktale, steeped with peat, memory and myth. Its writing shimmers with strange beauty, perfect for those who crave the haunting stories the earth remembers for us.” —Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anna North is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick Outlawed, America Pacifica, and Lambda Literary Award winner The Life and Death of Sophie Stark.