Carys Bray

Carys Bray is a British author whose fiction explores family, faith and the quiet crises of ordinary life. Her debut novel A Song for Issy Bradley, available as an audiobook and book, tells the story of a Mormon family in Merseyside coping with the death of a child. Bray writes with tenderness, dark humour and psychological acuity, creating characters and situations that feel deeply real. The novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and praised by readers and listeners alike.