Murder Ballads by Katy Horan - ISBN: 9781524889265
Hardcover
Tragedy transformed into song: explore murder ballads’ dark beauty and lore.

Murder Ballads

Illustrated Lyrics & Lore

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  • Hardcover

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    29 July 2025

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Summary

For centuries, murder ballads have transformed tragedy into song. In this unique, illustrated collection, Literary Witches co-creator Katy Horan unearths the true and fictional stories behind twenty traditional murder ballads, exploring the beauty and horror of the art form through stories, lyrics, and original illustrations.

Murder Ballads: Illustrated Lyrics & Lore is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of one of folk music’s most enduring traditions, spanning t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781524889265
ISBN-10:1524889261
Author:Katy Horan, Sinéad Gleeson
Publisher:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Imprint:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:29 July 2025
Weight:576g
Dimensions:236mm x 185mm x 15mm
About The Author

Katy Horan

Katy Horan is an illustrator and interdisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Canada, published in several books, and four times selected for New American Paintings. Together with the writer Taisia Kitaiskaia, she co-created Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers and The Literary Witches Oracle Deck. She is also the illustrator of Ask Baba Yaga: Poetic Remedies for Troubled Times. Originally from Houston, Texas, Katy now lives and works in Austin.

Sinéad Gleeson is the author of Constellations: Reflections from Life, which won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer, and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Michel Déon Prize. She is the editor of the award-winning anthologies The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers and The Glass Shore, as well as The Art of The Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories. In 2022, she co-edited This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music with Kim Gordon. Sinéad also collaborates with artists and musicians on performance and sound installations. Her work has been translated into several languages and her debut novel Hagstone was published in 2024.

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