JJ CARPENTER
Award-Winning Author
Where horrors linger & forgotten memories persist
Award-winning author, JJ Carpenter, celebrates our personal stories and unearths our hidden histories through thrilling, terrifying tales.
She writes gothic and psychological fiction rooted in Australian history. Her work explores trauma, memory, and survival, often set within haunted places where the past presses uncomfortably into the present.
JJ is proudly queer, feminist, and neurodivergent. She lives with a minor disability and is a DV survivor, but does not let those labels define her.
COMING 18 SEPTEMBER
Murphy has seen ghosts all her life. She’s not afraid of them.
But at The First House, she should be…
Something has been waiting for her.
And now she’s coming home.
“The First House is a terrifying entry into the haunted house genre that rivals the very best. It’s scary, it has heart, and it’s steeped in historic significance — a combination JJ handles with expert precision, solidifying her status as one of Australia’s premier voices in ghost fiction.”
~ Ian Gielen, author of Saving Tommy
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Some ghosts still wear their human faces.
Some ghosts live in memories and flesh.
Some ghosts will always be carried with us.
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"Raw and exceedingly powerful. JJ Carpenter aims for the heart. She speaks to those who have faced their fires and survived, those who have ever been hurt or felt unseen. This compellingly human collection is nothing short of a war cry; a promise to anyone left broken that they never stand alone." ~ Pamela Jeffs, Aurealise and Australasian Shadows Award winning author
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In this intimate and unflinching collection, JJ Carpenter delves into the psychology of abuse, what trauma does (or undoes) to the soul, and the reality of healing.
Accompanied by haunting original illustrations from award-nominated artist, David Schembri, I Am Haunted is both reckoning and reclamation.
For anyone who has ever carried more than they should, this collection offers a simple truth: some hauntings never end. But neither do we.
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"A raw and unrestrained collection of poetry that gives a voice to the silent, the unseen, and the survivors of trauma." ~ Pauline Yates, Australian author of award-winning fiction and poetry
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