About the Author

ELIZABETH HAND, a "New York Times" notable author, has written eight novels and
several short-story collections. She has won the Shirley Jackson Award, the James Tiptree
Award, the Nebula Award (twice), the World Fantasy Award (three times), and many others.
Her novella, "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon," was recently nominated for
a Hugo Award. Hand is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the "Washington"
"
Post Book World" and the "Village Voice Literary Supplement." She divides her time between the coast of Maine and North London.

Reviews

Stunning Advance Praise for "Available Dark"
"Elizabeth Hand's prose is a wiry, intelligent force that ranges from blunt athleticism to fluid luminosity...Ferocious, aching with compassion and cruelly brilliant." --Katherine Dunn
"A skin-blistering crime novel, as edgy and black as dried blood on a moonlit night." --Robert Crais
"Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful, with a startling heroine you'll never forget. I've long been
a fan of Elizabeth Hand's amazing books, and once again she proves why she is truly a writer's writer,
her prose so glowing it makes all the rest of us jealous." --Tess Gerritsen Remarkable Praise for the work of Elizabeth Hand:
On Generation Loss
"Intense and atmospheric...An inventive brew of postpunk attitude and dark mystery. Elizabeth Hand
writes with craftsmanship and passion." --George Pelecanos
"Cass Neary, the battle-scarred shutterbug of Elizabeth Hand's incendiary literary thriller...is a marvel."--

Advance Praise for "Available Dark""""A brilliant sequel to Hand's acclaimed literary thriller "Generation Loss"... Stunning."--"Booklist" (starred review) "Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful, with a startling heroine you'll never forget... Shimmers with gorgeous writing even as it scares the dickens out of you." --Tess Gerritsen"Cass Neary is one of literature's great noir anti-heroes... Ferocious, aching with compassion and cruelly brilliant, "Available Dark "is a sinful pleasure."
--Katherine DunnPraise for "Generation Loss""Rightly compared with the sort of crime fiction turned out by the late, great Patricia Highsmith ... Hand expertly ratchets up the suspense until it's at the level of a high-pitched scream."
--"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel " "Cass Neary, the battle-scarred shutterbug of Elizabeth Hand's incendiary literary thriller is a marvel."
--"Los Angeles Times""""Brilliantly written and completely original, Hand's novel is an achievement with a capital A."
--"Booklist" (starred review) ""Praise for Elizabeth Hand's Other Work"A superior stylist."--"The New York Times Book Review" on "Waking the Moon """"Hypnotic... Moves Hand's work into the territory of John Fowles and A.S. Byatt." --"Locus "on "Mortal Love""""Elizabeth Hand has the written the best book of her generation."--Peter Straub on "Mortal Love """"As noteworthy in its way as Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale."" --"People "on "Winterlong "

Praise for "Available Dark""" "The millions who devoured Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy will not flinch at Hand's dark subject matter... Expect this novel to break out onto best seller lists."
--"Library Journal""" """Cass Neary... makes Lisbeth Salander seem like a model of mental stability... Stunning."
--"Publishers Weekly "(starred)
"Very, very good...In Hand's thriller, we see what Lisbeth Salander would look like in 30 years, if she were tall, blonde and plausible...Hand is a bonafide literary artist."
--Lev Grossman, "Time ""
""In the spirit of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.".. As the dark Nordic forest thickens, so does the plot. Larsson fanatics may be unable to resist."
--"The New York Post """"
""Pulsing with tension throughout... charged with its own chilling luminosity."
--"The Washington Post ""
""""A strong writer. Her studies of artists and musicians are something fierce, and there's a deadly beauty to her bleak rendering of the Nordic landscape."
--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times""
""Cass Neary could make Lisbeth Salander look like a suburban housewife... A stunning look at a woman forever teetering on the edge."
--Oline H. Cogdill, "South Florida Sun-Sentinel"""
"Brilliant...stunning."
--"Booklist "(starred) "
""Award-winner Hand... brings her great skill to a mystery series that's equally dark and enthralling... Beautiful writing and elegant, intelligent style make this a pleasure."
--"RT Book Reviews "(4 1/2 stars)
"A gasoline burn of a book; but it's also a tightly-plotted noir thriller...Unputdownable."
--The Rejectionist
" ""A brilliant sequel to Hand's acclaimed literary thriller "Generation Loss.".. Stunning."--"Booklist" (starred review) "Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful, with a startling heroine you'll never forget... Shimmers with gorgeous writing even as it scares the dickens out of yo

Praise for "Available Dark""" "A hair-raising novel of psychological suspense. This is a series I hope will continue."--"The Globe and Mail""" "The millions who devoured Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy will not flinch at Hand's dark subject matter... Expect this novel to break out onto best seller lists."
--"Library Journal""" """Cass Neary... makes Lisbeth Salander seem like a model of mental stability... Stunning."
--"Publishers Weekly "(starred)
"Very, very good...In Hand's thriller, we see what Lisbeth Salander would look like in 30 years, if she were tall, blonde and plausible...Hand is a bonafide literary artist."
--Lev Grossman, "Time ""
""In the spirit of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.".. As the dark Nordic forest thickens, so does the plot. Larsson fanatics may be unable to resist."
--"The New York Post """"
""Pulsing with tension throughout... charged with its own chilling luminosity."
--"The Washington Post ""
""""A strong writer. Her studies of artists and musicians are something fierce, and there's a deadly beauty to her bleak rendering of the Nordic landscape."
--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times""
""Cass Neary could make Lisbeth Salander look like a suburban housewife... A stunning look at a woman forever teetering on the edge."
--Oline H. Cogdill, "South Florida Sun-Sentinel"""
"Brilliant...stunning."
--"Booklist "(starred) "
""Award-winner Hand... brings her great skill to a mystery series that's equally dark and enthralling... Beautiful writing and elegant, intelligent style make this a pleasure."
--"RT Book Reviews "(4 1/2 stars)
"A gasoline burn of a book; but it's also a tightly-plotted noir thriller...Unputdownable."
--The Rejectionist
" ""A brilliant sequel to Hand's acclaimed literary thriller "Generation Loss.".. Stunning."--"Booklist" (starred review) "Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful, with a startling heroine you'll never forget... Shimmers with gorgeous writing even as it scares the dickens out of you." --Tess Gerritsen "Cass Neary is one of literature's great noir anti-heroes... Ferocious, aching with compassion and cruelly brilliant, "Available Dark "is a sinful pleasure."
--Katherine Dunn Praise for "Generation Loss" "Rightly compared with the sort of crime fiction turned out by the late, great Patricia Highsmith ... Hand expertly ratchets up the suspense until it's at the level of a high-pitched scream."
--"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel " "Cass Neary, the battle-scarred shutterbug of Elizabeth Hand's incendiary literary thriller is a marvel."
--"Los Angeles Times""" "Brilliantly written and completely original, Hand's novel is an achievement with a capital A."
--"Booklist" (starred review) "" Praise for Elizabeth Hand's Other Work"A superior stylist."--"The New York Times Book Review" on "Waking the Moon """ "Hypnotic... Moves Hand's work into the territory of John Fowles and A.S. Byatt." --"Locus "on "Mortal Love""" "Elizabeth Hand has the written the best book of her generation."--Peter Straub on "Mortal Love """ "As noteworthy in its way as Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale."" --"People "on "Winterlong "