About the Author

Jean Hegland is the author of the novels Into the Forest and Windfalls. Into the Forest, a BookSense Reading Group Pick, Readers Choice Book Club Favorite, and Book of the Month Club alternative pick, has been translated into nine languages. The film version starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood is scheduled for release in fall 2015. Jean Hegland is a frequent presenter at writers' conferences and has taught creative writing for many years. Her pastimes include beekeeping and reading poetry at a local memory care facility. She lives in Healdsburg, California.

Reviews

"The wonderful Jean Hegland returns with a moving, beautiful story about what persists and what doesn't, about what can be repaired and what can't. This is a tale focused and personal, but also large and philosophical; and all of it infused with and guided by the great Shakespeare. Men are men; the best sometimes forget."--Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves "Anyone who knows only fragments of Shakespeare will be fascinated and deeply moved by this insightful story of a Shakespeare scholar experiencing dementia. Fellow Shakespeareans will delight in the way the myriad allusions to the plays are intertwined with beautifully crafted elegiac descriptions of the old man's life in a home and his dissolving family memories. Still Time is a novel Shakespeare would be proud of." --David Crystal, author of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and Shakespeare's Words "The tone of Still Time is deceptively quiet. Why then did I read it with heart-pounding excitement? Because it is, from start to finish, a high-wire act of literary daring. Only a master could bring off this feat. Jean Hegland brings it off." --Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex "This book is for anyone who appreciates a beautifully written, character-driven story ... Heartbreaking in the best possible way." --Booklist, starred review "Just as Into the Forest, Jean Hegland haunts yet again in Still Time, a highly evocative read, managing to strike with pinpoint accuracy at several raw emotions. It's also a wonderfully intelligent read and Jean [Hegland] deftly weaves in characters and prose from Shakespeare's greatest, expertly creating connections between these references and John's deteriorating thoughts. Absolutely recommended." --Portsmouth Review "An absolutely riveting read from beginning to end ... Jean Hegland is a superb novelist whose deftly crafted characters and thoroughly absorbing story make this one of those all too rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf ... Very highly recommended." --Midwest Book Review "A poignant story about loss... this is a novel which will resonate for Shakespeare enthusiasts, academics, and those with only a school knowledge of Shakespeare ... Read it and experience the power of words once more, as love and Shakespeare bind audience and characters together in perfect harmony. Still Time is a heart-warming novel." --theshakespearestandard.com