A WRITER’S passion for the history of the Pendle Witches has come to life in her debut novel, out soon. Harriet Young’s novel, The Hellion, explores the lives of the Device family, who find themselves at the centre of a witch scandal as the Pendle Witches Trial begins in 1612. Miss Young, who has almost 40,000 followers on Instagram, became fascinated by the history of Pendle. The 32-year-old former primary school teacher, from Chester, said: “My obsession with the Pendle witches stemmed from stories I read around the 400-year anniversary of the trials in 2012. “I remember the many news stories about the events, and it was around that time that I saw The Pendle Witch Child, the 2011 documentary.