Elizabeth Hand is the author of twenty-plus cross-genre novels and five collections of short fiction. Her work has received the Shirley Jackson Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award (four times), the Nebula Award (twice), as well as the James M. Tiptree Jr. and Mythopoeic Society Awards. She's a longtime critic and contributor of essays for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Boston Review, and the Village Voice, among many others. She divides her time between the Maine coast and North London.
Scary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread
and inevitability as Jackson's original, A Haunting on the Hill is
quite extraordinary. It's not pastiche, not ventriloquism. It puts
me strongly in mind of a singer you love covering a song by another
artist. It's that song but now it's being done by someone else.
Remarkable.
*NEIL GAIMAN, author of AMERICAN GODS*
A fitting - and frightening - homage to The Haunting of Hill
House
*NEW YORK TIMES*
Beautifully creepy with the same claustrophobic intensity and sense
of impending doom of the original, but at the same time with a
great sense of progression, of the house having evolved over the
years. It's so vivid, full of totemic menace and with a
heart-in-your-mouth, can't-look-away frisson.
*BRIDGET COLLINS, author of THE BINDING*
Genuinely sinister and beautifully written, with a real sense of
depth to the folklore and theatrical inspiration.
*ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN*
Eerily beautiful, strangely seductive, and genuinely upsetting:
welcome back to Hill House. I recommend reading only in strong
daylight, and never alone.
*ALIX E. HARROW, author of THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY*
Hill House is back and haunting as ever in this vividly imagined
return to Shirley Jackson's iconic setting. Elizabeth Hand weaves
eerie beauty into the genuine terror lurking in her pages, crafting
some of the most striking scares I've read in years. This book gave
me the best kind of nightmares.
*ANA REYES, author of THE HOUSE IN THE PINES*
I absolutely loved A Haunting on the Hill, which snared me with its
terrifying opening and relinquished me only on the very last page.
Huge boots to fill, but Elizabeth Hand rose to the challenge with
her darkly complex characters and a novel dripping in atmosphere
and intrigue.
*JOANNE BURN, author of THE HEMLOCK CURE*
A Haunting on the Hill is as unnerving and disorienting as Hill
House itself, a place where evil lurks behind every door. I was
completely gripped by this terrifying and original tale.
*LAURA SHEPPERSON, author of THE HEROINES*
A novel with all the chills of Jackson that also highlights the
contemporary flavor and evocative writing of Hand. The story stays
true to Jackson's vision of "Hill House" while becoming a thing of
its own. Indeed, A Haunting on the Hill is strange and wonderful, a
frightening foray into the supernatural that will inspire you to go
back and reread the original.
*WASHINGTON POST*
The lines of paranoia, art, and reality are terrifyingly blurred
for our group of hungry and damaged actors cloistered within the
mouldering walls of Hill House. Only the brilliant Elizabeth Hand
could so expertly honor Jackson's rage, wit, and vision with a 21st
century twist. The old place is as creepy, disorienting, and
menacing as ever.
*PAUL TREMBLAY, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD*
Evocative and unsettling, A Haunting on the Hill captures the
essence of the original whilst offering something brand new.
*CARLY REAGON, author of THE TOLL HOUSE*
There are - fittingly - echoes of the original which will satisfy
fans but it is Elizabeth Hand's understanding of the folklore
threaded through Jackson's work that gives this wonderfully creepy
novel much of its power. The story is resolutely contemporary, the
world has moved on and the events of Dr Montague's investigation
are long forgotten; but Hill House remains unchanged, no more sane
now than it was sixty years ago. It's a superb book, a subtle and
deeply unnerving ghost story; entirely of itself and recognisably
of Jackson's world.
*AMANDA MASON, author of THE WAYWARD GIRLS*
If there's a writer you can trust with this formidable task, it's
the wildly talented Elizabeth Hand. A Haunting on the Hill is an
admirable successor to The Haunting of Hill House, alike in spirit
but never trying to simply repeat what Shirley Jackson did in her
classic novel. Creepy, tragic, and, yes, haunting. I tore through
this novel, getting lost in the pages, drawn back into the
mysteries of Hill House and enjoying every moment I was there.
*Victor LaValle, author of THE CHANGELING*
A Haunting on the Hill is a fever dream of a novel, very much in
the same spirit of The Haunting of Hill House, but also entirely
its own entity. It's brilliantly imagined, unsettling, cloying and
claustrophobic and downright terrifying.
*CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN*
If there's a spirit medium gifted enough to evoke the ghost of
Shirley Jackson, it's surely Elizabeth Hand, whose startling,
original body of work I've long admired. A Haunting on the Hill is
not a simple act of ventriloquism, but a true marriage of minds,
and I believe Ms. Jackson would have been proud to be the
inspiration for this smart and chilling return to the Hill House
estate.
*DAN CHAON, author of SLEEPWALK*
A Haunting on the Hill is absolutely captivating-a book that you'll
want to climb inside and love forever, until the moment you realize
it's too late to escape
*SARAH GAILEY, author of JUST LIKE HOME*
A brilliant queer reimagining...Hand's work both modernizes and
deepens Jackson's setting, pulling readers into the demented halls
of Hill House and the minds of its denizens
*BOOKPAGE*
Shirley Jackson fans, rejoice!
*WBEZ CHICAGO*
Jackson's creation is in capable hands with Hand.
*THE WEEK*
Hand unnerves us by inference and restraint...it's a measure of
Hand's precision and skill that we have so much fun watching[the
characters] put together the pieces that doom them
*MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE*
Frightening
*PRIMA*
The short chapters, intriguing and complex characters, and
beautifully written (yet sinister) descriptions make the novel an
irresistible page-turner
*INDEPENDENT*
A Gothic treat - hugely atmospheric and lovingly written, this is a
fitting follow-up to the original
*HEAT*
A creepy read, featuring fun-to-spot references to other horror
classics
*MAIL ON SUNDAY*
Suspenseful and gripping . . . the short chapters, intriguing and
complex characters, and beautifully written (yet sinister)
descriptions make the novel an irresistible page-turner
*PRESS & JOURNAL (Aberdeen)*
An enjoyably atmospheric return to the world of a cult classic - a
Halloween treat for fans of genre fiction, haunted-house horror,
and things that go bump in the night.
*DAILY EXPRESS*
The unsettling atmosphere in this novel builds from the start and
never disappoints. Hand deftly layers the history of the house with
the past of each character and the things that haunt them,
especially Holly and Amanda. Hill House is a spooky place, and Hand
delves deep into its darkness and allows it to flourish in almost
every chapter.
*NPR*
Hand has a gift for the sensuous, evocative detail, and her
descriptions are often simultaneously seductive and spooky
*NEW YORKER*
Like Hill House itself, this accomplished tribute stands alone:
disturbing and unforgettable.
*GUARDIAN*
A suspenseful and gripping read
*SCOTSMAN*
The supernatural and psychological terrors of the original work are
updated for the present day but echo with the resonance of the
original
*OPRAH DAILY*
Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon this fitting - and
frightening - homage to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill
House, in which Hand mines the source material for structure and
storytelling beats rather than relying on superficial
similarities
*NEW YORK TMES BOOK REVIEW*
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