Elise Blackwell holds an MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and has worked as a journalist, writer and translator. Originally from southern Louisiana, she teaches fiction writing at Boise State University.
Blackwell skilfully fillets [the] starkest passages [of this dark chapter of history]... In its blunt, end-of-the-road honesty this book exudes a compelling authenticity and poetic power. Observer Perfectly judged, beautifully executed... Hunger has been called harrowing, but it is also uplifting. It comes back again and again to the human being's ability to surprise himself, or surprise another, or to be surprised. Daily Telegraph Haunting- a brilliant account of a violent era which is beautifully written, and very moving. Publishing News