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Karen Thompson Walker's New York Times bestseller The Age of Miracles has been translated into twenty-nine languages and was named one of the best books of the year by People, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Financial Times, among others. Her most recent novel is The Dreamers, which was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and was named one of the best books of the year by Glamour, Real Simple, and Good Housekeeping. Born and raised in San Diego, Walker is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. She lives with her husband, the novelist Casey Walker, and their two daughters in Portland, and is an assistant professor of creative writing.
The Strange Case of Jane O. is a brilliant and unforgettable novel, at once a metaphysical thriller, a psychological mystery, and a profound love story-a book for every haunted heart. I couldn't put it down. * Karen Russell, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Swamplandia! * In her brilliant and mesmerizing new novel, Karen Thompson Walker invites readers to consider the mystery of the human brain and asks thrilling and vital questions about perception, memory, consciousness, and the limits of our known world. Elegant, propulsive, ingeniously structured, and intellectually rich, The Strange Case of Jane O. is both mind-bending and soul-altering. I loved it. * Jessamine Chan, NYT Bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers * An astonishing novel-a mind-blowing blend of page-turning mystery and deep philosophical inquiry into the nature of memory and reality itself. Karen Thompson Walker has created an unputdownable book with a haunting twist ending I'll be thinking about for a long time. * Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek * The mesmerizing latest from Walker (The Age of Miracles) is a fantastical tale of a mother's mysterious visions and memory lapses . . . As [the] tone becomes more confessional, the narrative opens up an alluring vision of how personal history and memory intertwine. This one is tough to shake. * Starred Review, Publisher’s Weekly * A novel that begins quietly becomes an exhilarating and riveting must-read and then read-again. * Kirkus starred review * A captivating, deeply psychological novel with restrained yet potent characterisations that jump off the page. I couldn't put it down. * Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Guilty One * I absolutely loved this astonishing novel. It's so beautifully written, with a central puzzle - elegantly narrated, and deeply, deeply unnerving . . . It's a subtle, eerie and profoundly moving story, truly haunting, and I can't recommend it highly enough. * Amanda Mason, author of The Wayward Girls *
