Come and join author Beth Castrodale as she discusses her new book, The Inhabitants.

Artist Nilda Ricci could use a stroke of luck. She seems to get it when she inherits a shadowy Victorian, built by an architect whose houses were said to influence the mind–supposedly, in beneficial ways. At first, Nilda’s new home delivers, with the help of its longtime housekeeper. And Nilda falls for a handsome neighbor, a chemist whose herbal tonics boost her creativity. But Nilda starts having strange experiences, making her wonder whether her house is haunted, or whether its architect’s intentions were less than benevolent. She also comes to suspect that her new love interest–and her housekeeper–aren’t quite what they seem.

Beth Castrodale worked as a newspaper reporter until her love of books led her to the publishing field. She was a senior editor at Bedford/St. Martin’s and is the founding editor of the book-
review website Small Press Picks. Her début novel, Marion Hatley, was a finalist for a Nilsen Prize for a First Novel from Southeast Missouri State University Press, and an excerpt from her second novel, In This Ground, was a shortlist finalist for a William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Award. In a review of Castrodale’s third novel, I Mean You No Harm, critic Bethanne Patrick observed, “Castrodale is the real thing, a novelist who fuses mordant humor and great genre tropes with warmth and courage.” An excerpt from her fourth novel, The Inhabitants, landed Castrodale an artist grant from the Mass Cultural Council. The novel will be released by Regal House Publishing in September 2024.