Jessica Moor (author of The Keeper) describes Eleanor Shearer’s Fireflies in Winter (Berkley, 2026): “Haunting, atmospheric and compelling, Fireflies in Winter showcases Shearer’s trademark intelligence, imagination and delicacy of touch.” Shearer brings in the sounds of the Caribbean to the fore in this new novel set in Nova Scotia. In the depths of winter, everyone in her community huddles together in their homes to keep warm. It was also informed by her master’s degree in politics, where she focused on how slavery is remembered on the islands today. Her second novel, FIREFLIES IN WINTER, is a love story set in the snow-covered wilderness of Nova Scotia in the 1790s.