Honor Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic and formerly worked as a senior staff editor at The New York Times’ Opinion desk; her writing has appeared in The Atlantic and The New York Times.
'An exceptionally moving novel' New York Times Book Review 'A masterpiece of carefully crafted perspective and tone … hypnotic' Washington Post 'Beautiful, bruising, incisive and heartfelt. Sleep takes a moving, maddening, funny and searing look at childhood, family and marriage. I adored it’ Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark ‘Sleep marks the arrival of an astonishing new voice in the world of literary fiction … This novel is propulsive and funny and heartbreaking’ J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of The Cliffs 'A novel of quiet, devastating beauty … I loved it' Abigail Dean, author of Girl A 'Sleep is thrillingly virtuosic – beguiling, unsettling and stylish’ Jessica Stanley, author of Consider Yourself Kissed 'A magnetic, breathtaking novel. I could not put it down and will be recommending it to everyone I know' Cherie Jones, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House ‘A haunting and beautiful novel about a desperate attempt to live in the present despite the tidal pull of the past.’ Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake 'Heartbreaking, sexy, and full of humour … With elegant language and profound insight, Honor Jones transforms a story of family secrets into something utterly fresh, original, and exhilarating' Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming