Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon, is the author of more than 70 books, including the bestselling novels We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Among her many honours are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Follow Joyce on @JoyceCarolOates
'[An] exquisite novel of suspense from Oates examines a crime and its consequences. This elegant, captivating tale is un-put-downable.' * Publishers Weekly * Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday' Sunday Express 'A riveting story, affecting as well as suspenseful' Irish Times 'Both haunting and sublime' Literary Review 'A sense of helplessness is the essence of horror, and Oates conveys that feeling as well as any writer around' New York Times 'Restless, preternatural brilliance' Guardian 'An unsettling read worth every resulting jump in the night... [Oates is a] literary goddess' Daily Mail 'A kaleidoscopic portrait of an unforgettable woman whose memory everyone honors only by distorting it.' * Kirkus *