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Alix Ohlin is the author of one previous novel, The Missing Person, and the story collection Babylon and Other Stories. She was born in Montreal and graduated from Harvard and the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Her stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, Best American Short Stories and other publications, and she has received fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts, The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo.

'A skillful storyteller ... Impressively assured' J.M. Coetzee. 'Expect to hear her spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore' Heidi Julavits. 'a skilful story, which speaks strongly of how helping others is infinitely easier than helping yourself' Image magazine. 'terrific and thought-provoking' The Times. 'This is a delicate and emotional journey that weaved in and out of the three main characters' lives' New Books. 'a calm and life affirming centre in the midst of the chaos that is human existence' Bookbag.

'A skillful storyteller ... Impressively assured' J.M. Coetzee. 'Expect to hear her spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore' Heidi Julavits. 'a skilful story, which speaks strongly of how helping others is infinitely easier than helping yourself' Image magazine.