“Alarmingly talented.”

— The Sunday Times

“The woman is a genius.”

— The Observer

“A writer of show-stopping genius.”

— Guardian

“Serious literary talent.”

— Scotland on Sunday

“Hall is an outstanding writer.”

— Metro

“One of the finest writers at work today.”

— Damon Galgut, Booker Prize winner

“Sarah Hall should probably stop publishing short stories for a while to give other writers a chance. If she’s not the best short story writer in Britain, then — but why even finish that sentence?”

— Spectator

“Nobody writes like Sarah Hall.”

— Sarah Perry

“A writer who engages all the reader’s senses.”

— Daily Telegraph

“Reading Sarah Hall’s fiction is a full-body experience.”

— Herald

“Hall has a golden touch, texturing her pages with rich metaphor and lyrical prose.”

— Economist

“To enter a world created by Sarah Hall is to step into a landscape that is feral and alive.”

— Financial Times

“Booker-shortlisted twice, Hall seems to have made the short story genre explicitly her own.”

— New Statesman

“Short fiction as luminous and vital as her novels.”

— Observer

“Sensual, muscular prose about the liminal spaces between civilisation and wilderness.”

— Independent on Sunday

“She does darkness so very well.”

— The Times

“Sarah Hall is the best British writer around right now.”

— Foyles