Hannah Tinti is the author of the short story collection ANIMAL CRACKERS and co-founder and editor in chief of One Story magazine. Her first novel, THE GOOD THIEF, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and winner of the Centre for Fiction's First Novel Prize and a recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award.
Seductive... reminds us that of all the painful wounds that humans can endure, the worst are self-inflicted. - New York Times Book Review - New York Times Book Review The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is one part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade , and twelve parts wild innovation. Hannah Tinti proves herself to be an old fashioned storyteller of the highest order - Ann Patchett Gripping, engrossing, magnificent... a raw, at times harrowing tale of hope, love and forgiveness - Swirl and Thread Utterly magnificent - gripping, suspenseful, funny, and so full of heart - Ruth Ozeki Hannah Tinti's second novel doesn't disappoint...Sensitive, coming-of-age literary novel meets Pulp Fiction and it all works? Yes, indeed! - Daily Mail A violent, tender tale - Woman and Home