Iris and the Dead is a haunting exploration of love and desire, madness and recovery that asks: What if you could look back and tell someone exactly how they changed the course of your life?

For our narrator, that someone is Iris, the counsellor with whom she developed an unusual, almost violent bond. There are things she needs to tell Iris: some that she hid during the brief time they knew each other and some that she has learned since. She was missing her mind the autumn they spent together and has since regained it.

Weaving personal memory with magic realism and folklore, Iris and the Dead unfurls the hidden power dynamics of abuse, offering a beguiling inquiry into intergenerational trauma, moral ambiguity, and queer identity.

MIRANDA SCHREIBER is a Toronto-based writer and researcher. Her work has appeared in places like The Toronto Star, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, BBC, and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. She has been nominated for a digital publishing award by the National Media Foundation and was the recipient of the Pride and Solidarity Award from the Ontario Federation of Labour. Iris and the Dead is her debut book.

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