Theresa Cheung is an internationally bestselling author and public speaker. She has been writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past 25 years, and was listed by Watkins Mind Body and Spirit magazine as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2023. She has a degree in Theology and English from Kings College, Cambridge University, frequently collaborating with leading scientists and neuroscientists researching consciousness.
Theresa is regularly featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she is a frequent radio, podcast and television guest and ITV: This Morning’s regular dream decoding expert. She hosts her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores and weekly live UK Health Radio Show: The Healing Power of Your Dreams.
Her latest book is the paranormal thriller, NightBorn, available at Amazon US and Amazon UK.
You can visit her website at www.theresacheung.com or connect with her on X, Facebook, Instagram or Goodreads.
Can you tell us a little about yourself? Are you a full-time author?
I’m Theresa Cheung a leading dream decoder and personal and spiritual growth author, and now, fiction writer. I’ve spent most of my career studying the mysterious bridge between the seen and unseen worlds writing bestselling non fiction books about dreams, the afterlife, and intuition. My fascination has always been with what happens when science, psychology, and spirituality collide.
And yes, I’m a full-time author and have been for decades but Nightborn marks a thrilling new chapter for me. It’s the first time I’ve used story and suspense to share the deeper truths I’ve spent my life researching.
Can you tell us about your new paranormal thriller, Nightborn?
Nightborn is a psychological and spiritual thriller designed to mess with your mind in the best possible way. It’s a page-turner that pulls you deep into the mystery of dreams, reality, and what it truly means to wake up.
Readers have said the book feels like being inside a lucid dream — disorienting, beautiful, and utterly addictive. The story weaves thriller pacing with dream decoding secrets, so by the end, you don’t just finish the book… you experience it. Many readers have told me the cover alone, or even reading a few pages, triggered vivid dreams and memories. That makes me smile because that’s exactly what I hoped it would do.
Can you tell us a little about the characters?
At the heart of Nightborn is Dr Alice Sinclair a psychological professor who specialises in Jungian dream analysis. She’s intelligent, skeptical, and deeply human trying to use science and psychology to explain away the unexplainable until she wakes up one day to find people are dreaming about her — and not just people who know her people who don’t know her. This prompts her to investigate what is going on and she soon discovers that the truth is far more personal and terrifying than she ever imagined.
Surrounding her are characters who each represent aspects of our inner world rationality, intuition, fear, faith. Together, they form a mirror for the reader’s own subconscious. You might think you’re reading about them, but by the end, you realise you’ve been decoding yourself.
Where is this book set and why did you choose that location?
The story unfolds between the expansiveness of Florida USA and the shadowy cramped streets of London’s Covent Garden. I chose London because it’s such a potent blend of ancient and modern energy a city built on layers of history, secrets, and dreams. I chose Florida because of its beautiful beaches — the liminal place between land and water, known and unknown and where dreams and waking life can blend — and because it is the home of Disney’s ‘land of dreams.’
How can people benefit from reading Nightborn?
Beyond being a gripping read, Nightborn is designed to awaken your own dreaming mind. It’s a crash course in dream decoding but one you take with your eyes wide open.
Readers often tell me they start remembering their dreams again after reading it, or that the story sparks insights about their subconscious fears and desires. Not everyone is drawn to non fiction. I believe stories can heal, and Nightborn is my attempt to make that healing both thrilling and accessible.
If you’ve ever wondered why you dream, or if your dreams mean something more, Nightborn is my answer wrapped up in a pulse-racing mystery.
Is Nightborn your only book?
Not at all! I’ve been writing about dreams, spirituality, and intuition for over two decades. My non-fiction titles including The Dream Dictionary from A to Z and The Element Encyclopedia of Birthdays have been international bestsellers and my Angel titles have been Sunday Times bestselling. But Nightborn is my first step into fiction, and it’s been incredibly rewarding to translate everything I know about the unseen world into story form.
It’s not replacing my dream and spiritual writing it’s expanding it. I see Nightborn as the start of a new way to reach readers: through imagination, emotion, and the magic of narrative.
Thank you so much for this interview, Theresa. What’s next for you?
Thank you! I’m currently working on another novel but also have many non fiction titles in the pipeline. There’s so much more to explore about dreams, consciousness, and what happens when we truly wake up.
I’m also continuing my TV appearances dream decoding on ITV: This Morning here in the UK and my White Shores podcast and weekly UK Health radio show: The Healing Power of Your dreams which dives deep into dream research and spiritual science with fascinating guests. My mission remains the same: to make the invisible visible and to remind people that their dreams, both night and day, are always trying to tell them something extraordinary.
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