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Michaela Riley

Award Winning Fantasy Author 
 

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Destiny Calls! Darkness Rises.
Only One Witch Can Stand Against It!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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NYC Big Book Award In For Fantasy Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I by Michaela Riley
Best Book Award Winner Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Michaela Riley
Independent Author Network Award Finalist Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I by Michaela Riley
Storytrade Awards Winner Seal Fantasy for Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I
readers favorite award Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I
International Impact Award Winner Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I by Michaela Riley
The Book Fest Award First Place Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I Michaela Riley
Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner Fiction For The Witch's Rebirth Trilogy

Michaela Riley is a prolific fiction author known for her compelling fantasy narratives and unforgettable characters. Her passion for storytelling shines through her captivating novels that have garnered a dedicated readership worldwide.

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The Witch's Rebirth Trilogy has won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for all 3 books. 

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Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I has won multiple awards. 

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2025 NYC Big Book Award WINNER Fantasy
Storytrade Book Award Winner Fantasy 2025
Readers' Favorite Silver Award in Magic and Wizardry 2025
International Impact Book Award Winner Fantasy 2025

Semi-finalist Chaucer Award in Historical pre-1750 Books in France. 

Longlist for Series Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs)

Winner First Place Fantasy Bookfest 2025

Winner Horror Best Book Awards 2025

Finalist in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards Fantasy

Literary Titan Gold Book Award Fiction

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Chaucers Semi finalist
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READER'S VOICE

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"The title alone, LABYRINTH OF SHADOWS, warranted a one-click buy for me, with its promise of twists and turns and darkness. I like my fantasy to have stakes and thrills, after all, and I've struggled the past couple years to find these elements well-executed in this genre.

This masterful work deserves more than five stars. Great plot. Great villain. Great heroine. Great stakes. Great promise. I seriously loved every word."

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"With its captivating plot, dynamic characters, and beautifully crafted prose, Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch’s Rebirth is an unforgettable read. It’s perfect for fans of dark fantasy and anyone who loves a story that lingers in the mind long after the final page. For these reasons, it’s an honor to award this book five stars."

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"Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch’s Rebirth is a layered tale that will appeal to fans of historical fiction, dark fantasy, and stories of witches reclaiming their power. If you love novels like The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova or The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, this book is worth diving into. Riley delivers an intricate and haunting tale filled with mystery, magic, and the resilience of those history sought to erase."

L.E.A
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Meghan Soderholm
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LITERARY TITAN
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Critics' Requiem

Echoe's Never Die

The Editor's Shadow

What if the worst thing you ever read about yourself was true—and the whole world believed it?

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Arthur Penwright’s debut novel was supposed to make him a star. Instead, he becomes the target of an online mob, as anonymous critics tear his life apart with words sharper than any knife. In this gripping psychological thriller about writers and critics, Arthur’s quest for vindication spirals into obsession, revenge, and murder as he hunts down those who ruined him.

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Set in the ruthless world of publishing and social media, Critics’ Requiem is a dark and twisty suspense novel about the power of words, the danger of cancel culture, and the line between justice and madness. Fans of literary thrillers, meta-fiction, and books like The Silent Patient or Gone Girl will devour this page-turner where every review can be deadly.

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Perfect for readers searching for:
literary thriller series, psychological suspense, books about writers and critics, novels about online bullying, dark fiction about internet mobs, fiction about toxic online culture, book reviewer murder mystery, psychological revenge stories, books for writers and book lovers

The story isn’t over. The legend of Arthur Penwright returns with a vengeance.

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Across Europe, literary critics are turning up dead—each murder foretold by a chilling manuscript leak, each scene echoing the crimes of the infamous Penwright case.

 

Detective Elias Mercer is called out of retirement, Maia Walsh is drawn back into a web of obsession and betrayal, and Arthur finds passion and peril with the mysterious Sabine Leclerc.

Echoes Never Die is a dark literary thriller about love, betrayal, and digital justice. As new killings sweep Paris, Prague, and beyond, the line between victim and villain blurs. Who controls the narrative when legends refuse to die?

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Perfect for fans of:
psychological thrillers, global suspense series, dark academia, novels about betrayal and obsession, European thrillers, books about viral crime, books with strong female leads, books about digital scandals, trending booktok thrillers

Every ending is a new beginning. The final story is being written.

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A new apprentice steps from the shadows, orchestrating copycat killings and leaking chapters that shake the literary world. As the body count climbs across Lisbon, New York, and beyond, Arthur, Sabine, Maia, and Mercer are forced into a final, deadly showdown.

 

In this international murder mystery, old legends and new obsessions collide.

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The Editor’s Shadow is a gripping psychological suspense novel about redemption, legacy, and the mythic power of narrative. Perfect for readers who crave dark fiction, meta-narrative thrillers, and stories where every secret can kill.

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For readers who love:
copycat killer thrillers, psychological suspense series, novels about redemption and justice, gripping suspense novels, international murder mysteries, books about myth and legacy, fiction about narrative power, trending thrillers for adults

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