Geraldton local Ceinwen Langley has published her first novel 'The Edge of the Woods' last week and it is already hitting the top ratings.

After it's release, the novel was ranked #1 in the Australian kindle store under the Young Adult Women & Girls category and #860 overall.

The 26-year-old writer grew up in Geraldton where she completed her schooling at Mount Tarcoola Primary and then went onto Nagle Catholic College.

Ceinwen self published 'The Edge of the Woods' and said her inspiration came from a previous short story she wrote.

The Edge of the Woods is a Young Adult fantasy novel following Emma, an underprivileged young woman stuck in a village governed by a fear-mongering Mayor. She wants to make a good life for herself and her mother, but the only way of doing that is to convince someone to marry her by her eighteenth birthday – which turns out to be harder than she thought. Meanwhile, there are old horror stories about young women being lured into the woods. Ultimately, she has to decide whether to run away from her future or face up to it.

You can buy 'The Edge of the Woods' in paperback or eBook from Amazon as well as iBooks and Kobo.

You can also read the first three chapters of the book for free on Ceinwen's website.