LISA SILLS, WRITER
Lisa is a writer and miscreant who lives in Ireland with her two cats. One is named after a drag queen and the other after a crisp brand, which is all you need to know. She describes her books as “smart B-movies”. Think A24, but with more bad jokes and melancholy.
She grew up in the Irish countryside and has spent her adult life escaping it. For her sins, she works in tech marketing where she makes things to go on the internet. You can find out who for if you look her up on LinkedIn, but that would be uncouth.
She wrote her first novel when she was eight and sent it out, handwritten in two copybooks, to publishers asking them to print it in time for her birthday. She’s still doing that same tactic now. You’re here, so presumably it worked.
About Lisa
Time Moves Differently on Jupiter
Spanning four decades, Time Moves Differently on Jupiter follows three generations of Irish women who must reconnect to overcome the demon that haunts them.
In 1975, pregnant teenager Eileen is sent to a Magdalene laundry where she dreams of a future as a photographer. By 1995, she’s a young grandmother and a respected photojournalist documenting the ongoing divorce referendum. However, visions from her past haunt her—spiraling into a night of tragedy when she attacks her toddler granddaughter, Cait, and changes both their lives forever.
In 2015, Cait is a filmmaker working on her documentary about the upcoming equal marriage referendum, alongside her very recent ex-girlfriend. While scouting an abandoned laundry, Cait sets off a troubling spiral: terrifying hallucinations, violent nightmares, and a trail of clues leading to a devastating secret about her grandmother, Eileen, who’s been confined to a psych ward since her breakdown in 1995. As Cait’s reality fractures and her nightmares turn increasingly bruising, she must unearth the truth buried in her family’s past before the demon closes in.
For fans of smart, character-driven, crossover horror such as A24’s Hereditary, and Julia Armfield’s Private Rites and Our Wives Under the Sea.
Rep: Rebecca Podos, Neighborhood Literary
TMDJ is currently on submission.
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