KIMI CUNNINGHAM GRANT is the author of Fallen Mountains, Silver Like Dust, and These Silent Woods. Kimi is a two-time winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry and a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in creative nonfiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fathom, Literary Mama, RATTLE, Poet Lore, and Whitefish Review. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.
People Magazine's Best New Books November 2021 One of the Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers for 2021 --Goodreads One of the Best New Books to Read --New York Post One of the Best New Books of October 2021 --PopSugar.com One of the 20 Fall and Winter Releases to Have on Your Radar --Bookish.com One of the October Mysteries & Thrillers to Know --Bookriot.com One of the 26 Best New Books for This Fall --Country Living One of the Outstanding Thriller Book Releases 2021 --TheNerdDaily.com One of the Latest Mysteries, Debuts, Holiday Tales and Reimaginings from Down South --Deep South Magazine A secretive Army vet and his precocious daughter have lived eight years in the Appalachian wilderness--until a mysterious stranger intrudes. --People Magazine Your next must read. -Country Living If you want suspense, atmospheric, a remote setting, and a character-driven narrative with an ending you'll be thinking about long after finishing, this is absolutely your next read. -Book Riot [A] multilayered work of suspense...Grant anchors the novel with penetrating creativity and striking originality, augmented by enduringly memorable characters and precise, occasionally lyrical prose. At once heartbreaking and harrowing, redemptive and riveting. -Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Grant's lyrical writing and a deep understanding of her characters propel These Silent Woods...[an] emotional story that gains heart-pounding suspense when the outside world intrudes. -Shelf Awareness [An] evocative novel of suspense...Grant is a writer to watch. --Publishers Weekly Grant's evocative prose, nuanced characters, and undercurrent of quiet tension will appeal to a variety of readers. -Library Journal An engrossing lesson in survivalism...soulful [and] meditative. -Kirkus Reviews Gorgeously written, taut and compelling. -John Hart, bestselling author of The Hush An exceptional novel, filled with vivid prose and surprising revelations of character. -Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena A beautifully rendered tale of guilt and grace. -Laura McHugh, bestselling author of The Weight of Blood Grant's atmospheric novel masterfully ratchets the quietest of tense moments into powerful suspense. -Jess Montgomery, author of The Hollows An emotionally potent novel whose tragic characters and moral quandaries linger long after the stunning final pages. -Ian Pisarcik, author of Before Familiar Woods Elegiac yet hopeful, raw but beautiful, and simmering with suspense, These Silent Woods is observant to the core. -Emily Carpenter, author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls