Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy
Andrea Hairston is a novelist, essayist, playwright, and the Artistic Director of Chrysalis Theatre. She is the author of Redwood and Wildfire, winner of the 2011 Tiptree Award and the Carl Brandon Kindred Award, and Mindscape, shortlisted for the Phillip K Dick and Tiptree Awards, and winner of the Carl Brandon Parallax Award. In her spare time, she is the Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor of Theatre and Afro-American Studies at Smith College. She has received the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Distinguished Scholarship Award for outstanding contributions to the criticism of the fantastic. She bikes at night year-round, meeting bears, and the occasional shooting star.
Named a Best of 2020 Pick for Kirkus Review's Best Books of
2020
Praise for Master of Poisons: "Master of Poisons is sheer,
undiluted brilliance. Epic, courageous, unapologetically fierce.
The world needed an epic fantasy from the unstoppably creative mind
of Andrea Hairston, and it's right on time. This is a prayer hymn,
a battle cry, a love song, a legendary call and response bonfire
talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world." --Daniel Jos�
Older "Master of Poisons makes me laugh, gasp, and dream of the
world we are so desperately holding onto and of a better world yet
to come . . . I am so grateful Andrea hasn't given up on us! May
she keep gifting our world with her expansive imagination
throughout the years!" --Sheree Ren�e Thomas "Nobody does it better
than Andrea Hairston, and if you doubt it, just open Master of
Poisons and follow her into the light." --Pearl Cleage "Andrea
Hairston's writing is not to be missed. Her fantasy is rich with
evocative detail, stunning and original, and her characters deeply
humane and engaging. This is the kind of fantasy that expands your
mind and warms your heart." --Martha Wells "Hairston weaves a rich
tapestry of folklore and adventure, inviting readers into a
well-developed, non-Western fantasy world, while navigating
pressing issues of climate change and personal responsibility. This
is an urgent, gorgeous work." --Publishers Weekly starred
review
Praise for Andrea Hairston: "[A] beautifully multifaceted
story...with deep, layered, powerful characters. Highly
recommended."--The New York Times on Will Do Magic for Small Change
"The entire work is filled with magic, celebrating West Africans,
Native Americans, art, and love that transcends simple binary
genders. Hairston's novel is a completely original and stunning
work."--Publishers Weekly on Will Do Magic for Small Change
"A heartbreaking, game-changing, life-affirming, truth-telling
powerhouse."--Daniel Jos� Older on Will Do Magic for Small Change
"An affirmation of the power of joy to transform the world, and
reading it will make you sing like a bird while wishing for wings
with which to fly."--Nisi Shawl on Will Do Magic for Small Change
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