https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/1632404733407-2EL73LGOXYKAOJKXNHGI/unsplash-image-_b8-ZOdA-0c.jpg Home Rebecca’s books Rebecca’s fourteen books reflect her curiosity for history, archaeology, feminism, history of science, marine creatures, literature and, sometimes… ghosts. They include two novels: Ghostwalk (2007) and The Coral Thief (2009). Her most recent book, the novel Dark Earth - in which two sixth-century sisters go on the run in the ruins of Roman Londinium - was published in Britain and America in 2022. Her creative non-fiction titles include Darwin and the Barnacle (2003), Darwin’s Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists (2012) and Oyster (2003). In The Days of Rain (2017), her memoir about growing up inside the closed, secretive cult called the Exclusive Brethren, won the Costa Biography Award in 2017. https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/886e25f3-e9d8-4f65-a96c-0a42082ce649/Rebecca+Stott_%C2%A9SarahWeal_251.jpg About Image: Sarah Weal https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/ghostwalk daily 0.75 2021-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/fc44c70d-5a88-4f28-b084-190ed1af285c/ghostwalk+uk+cover.jpg Ghostwalk Book cover for Rebecca Stott’s Ghostwalk, featuring glowing lily pads, wispy white shapes, and a stone bridge over dark blue water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/d2654c0e-52b2-42a9-97be-b6e70b707df2/ghostwalk+us+cover.jpg Ghostwalk Book cover for Rebecca Stott’s “Ghostwalk,” featuring handwritten script, red bloodstains, and a historic city illustration. https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/in-the-days-of-rain daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/13f6ddeb-ab0f-4790-9aae-1087c7c258e7/in+the+days+of+rain+cover.jpg In the Days of Rain Book cover of “In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Son” by Rebecca Stott, featuring a moth illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/23825bc9-e84a-4e89-8d73-b476eea6649e/in+the+days+of+rain+2.jpg In the Days of Rain Book cover for In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott, featuring a lake landscape and a running woman. https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/darwins-ghosts daily 0.75 2021-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6054e1b8a8279a613c274d9c/dc0c91af-e498-4341-9630-b7915d66d2ea/darwins+ghosts.jpg Darwin's Ghosts Book cover for Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by Rebecca Stott, featuring vintage snakes, 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