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Eirinie Carson

Biography

Eirinie Carson

Eirinie Carson is a Black British writer, born to a Jamaican father and Scottish-ish mother and raised in South East London. Her work is published in the Sonora Review and she is a frequent contributor to Mother magazine. A member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto, Eirinie writes about motherhood, grief and relationships. Eirinie lives in Northern California with her musician husband and their one dog and two daughters. THE DEAD ARE GODS is her first book.

Eirinie Carson

Books by Eirinie Carson

The Dead are Gods: A Memoir
by Eirinie Carson - Memoir, Nonfiction

After an unexpected phone call on an early morning in 2018, writer and model Eirinie Carson learned of her best friend Larissa’s death. In the wake of her shock, Eirinie attempts to make sense of the events leading up to Larissa’s death and uncovers startling secrets about her life in the process. THE DEAD ARE GODS is Eirinie’s striking, intimate and profoundly moving depiction of life after a sudden loss. Amid navigating moments of intense grief, Eirinie is overwhelmed by her love for Larissa. She finds power in pulling moments of joy from the depths of her emotion. Eirinie’s portrayal of what love feels like after death bursts from the page alongside a timely, honest and personal exploration of Black love and Black life. Perhaps, Eirinie proposes, “The only way out is through.”