Andrew Michael Hurley is a British novelist and short story writer best known for his haunting, restrained approach to folk and psychological horror. His fiction is rooted in remote rural landscapes, religious unease and social isolation, drawing quiet terror from places where belief, tradition and secrecy intersect.
He gained widespread acclaim with The Loney, which won the Costa First Novel Award, followed by Devil’s Day and Starve Acre. Hurley’s work is defined by its slow-burn dread and moral ambiguity, offering deeply unsettling stories that linger long after the final page.
