Liese O'Halloran Schwarz published her first novel, Near Canaan, while she was studying at medical school. Her second novel, The Possible World, was published nearly thirty years later. She currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The Possible World doesn't shrink from grimness and is as grippy as any crime novel yet is ultimately joyful and optimistic. -- Anne Marie Scanlon * The Irish Independent * In hauntingly beautiful prose, Schwarz weaves a complicated story that spans nearly a century, from the Great Depression until the present day... Full of imagination and nostalgia, loss and redemption. * Kirkus Review * Compelling storytelling * The Mail on Sunday * This beautiful story of loss and memory by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz is a joy. * Good Housekeeping * Full of big questions * The Observer *