Characters in The diviners

Evie O'Neill

A 17-year-old flapper sent from Ohio to New York, who can read the history of objects by holding them.

Also in Lair of Dreams

Naughty John

A long-dead serial killer called back by an occult accident.

Will Fitzgerald (The Diviners)

Evie's uncle, a professor who runs the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult.

Memphis Campbell

A Harlem numbers runner and poet with a healing gift he avoids using.

Also in Lair of Dreams

Theta Knight

A Ziegfeld girl who can create fire and is hiding from her past.

Sam Lloyd

A pickpocket and con man with a knack for avoiding notice.

Jericho Jones

Will's quiet, physically imposing assistant at the museum.

Henry DuBois IV

A Broadway pianist who can enter and alter people's dreams.

Mabel Rose

Evie's earnest best friend, the daughter of labor organizers.

Also in Lair of Dreams

Will "Unc" Fitzgerald

Also in Lair of Dreams