Carys Anne Bray FRSL (née Irwin; born December 1975) is a British writer.
She spent her teen years in Exeter; her father was a local stake president in Devon and Cornwall.
[2] Bray graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English literature from Open University in 2008 and subsequently completed a Master of Arts (MA) at Edge Hill University in 2010 followed by a PhD.
[6] According to The Bookseller, she earned a "strong five figure" advance in 2019 for a novel about climate change, entitled When the Lights Go Out.
[7] At age 20, Bray married and subsequently had five children before deciding to return to education in her 30s.