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.
"Tinti is lavish in her storytelling gifts - New York Times Book Review The Twelve Bullets 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 A riveting character-driven thriller, a father-daughter road trip you won't soon forget - Richard Russo The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is utterly magnificent-gripping, suspenseful, funny, and so full of heart. Young Loo and her father are contemporary characters with the stature and magnetism of the great heroes of literature. The reader in me was racing through to find out what would befall them, while the writer, awestruck by Hannah Tinti's powerful storytelling, was desperately trying to slow down. This is a book I will return to again and again, for sheer pleasure and to learn how it is done - Ruth Ozeki It's been a long wait for her fans, but worth it. Brilliant. - Herald Sun If you're wanting an exciting read, look no further than this gripping tale from Hannah Tinti - Melbourne Times Weekly, Moonee Valley Weekly, The Weekly Review (Bayside, Stonnington, Ivanhoe & Valley, Eastern, Southeast) Tarantino-esque violent thrills are balanced against touching character studies - The Weekly Review City, The Weekly Review Greater Geelong A good yarn, well worth the journey. Award-winning author Hannah ""Tinti smoothly time-jumps the reader between a present... and a series of past events each of which produces one of Samuel's dozen scars. - Daily Mercury, Fraser Coast Chronicle, Toomwoomba Chronicle, Queensland Times, Northern Star, Morning Bulletin, Gladstone Observer, Daily News, News Mail"