威廉•特雷弗，愛爾蘭當代文學大師，被《紐約客》稱為“當代英語世界最偉大的短篇小說傢”。他於1928年生於愛爾蘭科剋郡米切爾斯敦一個中産階級新教傢庭，在外省度過瞭童年時代，後到都柏林大學聖三一學院曆史係求學。他先後做過雕塑傢、教師、廣告公司文案。從1954年起，他和妻子移居英國。

自1958年齣版第一部長篇小說《行為標準》以來，威廉•特雷弗已創作近二十部中長篇小說、數百部短篇小說，還著有多部戲劇劇本、童書及散文集。他先後三次獲得英國惠特布雷德圖書奬，五次入圍布剋奬。2002年，英國女王伊麗莎白二世授予他騎士爵位。2008年，他獲得愛爾蘭圖書奬終身成就奬。

Felicia is unmarried, pregnant, and penniless. She steals away from a small Irish town and drifts through the industrial English Midlands, searching for the boyfriend who left her. Instead she meets up with Mr. Hilditch, who is looking for a new friend to join the five other girls in his Memory Lane. But strange, sad, terrifying tricks of chance unravel both his and Felicia's delusions in a story that will magnetize fans of Alfred Hitchcock and Ruth Rendell, even as it resonates with William Trevor's own "impeccable strength and piercing profundity" (The Washington Post Book World).

"A page-turner marked by brilliant psychological suspense."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Perfectly executed and chilling. . . . A sad and oddly moving tale of lost opportunities and misplaced hopes."-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the Whitbread Fiction Prize and the Sunday Express Prize

Felicia's Journey appeared on the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Newsday, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists