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Hand pays homage to gothic literature and England’s postwar, bohemian Bright Young Things social set, evoking the period’s glamorous excesses and social dangers with atmospheric menace and knife-edged desire… Hand tops her masterful storytelling in A Haunting on the Hill with this must-read.”
— Booklist, starred review

OUT OCTOBER 13, 2026

 
 
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About Elizabeth Hand

Elizabeth Hand is the bestselling author of 20 genre-spanning novels and five collections of short fiction and essays. Her work has received multiple Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy and Nebula Awards, among other honors, and several of her books have been New York Times and Washington Post Notable Books.

 

News & Updates

Upcoming releases, appearances, and media interviews.

books

Explore Elizabeth Hand’s award-winning, genre-spanning fiction—novels, novellas, and collections.

This writer’s Promethean project, her fire-stealing strategy, has always been, as Cass Neary’s is and Mary Shelley’s was, art itself—the act of creation and all its frightful ambiguities.
— Terrence Rafferty, New York Times Book Review
 

Critical Writings

A selection of essays and reviews written for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other publications.