In 1998 Michael Kimball received a grant from the prestigious New York Foundation of the Arts. He has published fiction in New Orleans Review, Story Quarterly and The Quarterly . He lives in Texas with his wife.

*‘Kimball's first novel … The largeness of the message should not detract from the intricacy of fine, precise storytelling … he has taken it [American literature] somewhere very dark and unsettling."The Times*"Occasionally a novel by a new writer will cause critics to choke with excitement. This is one.’The Scotsman*"An extraordinary novel"Express

In 1998 Michael Kimball received a grant from the prestigious New York Foundation of the Arts. He has published fiction in New Orleans Review, Story Quarterly and The Quarterly . He lives in Texas with his wife.

*‘Kimball's first novel … The largeness of the message should not detract from the intricacy of fine, precise storytelling … he has taken it [American literature] somewhere very dark and unsettling."The Times*"Occasionally a novel by a new writer will cause critics to choke with excitement. This is one.’The Scotsman*"An extraordinary novel"Express

In 1998 Michael Kimball received a grant from the prestigious New York Foundation of the Arts. He has published fiction in New Orleans Review, Story Quarterly and The Quarterly . He lives in Texas with his wife.

*‘Kimball's first novel … The largeness of the message should not detract from the intricacy of fine, precise storytelling … he has taken it [American literature] somewhere very dark and unsettling."The Times*"Occasionally a novel by a new writer will cause critics to choke with excitement. This is one.’The Scotsman*"An extraordinary novel"Express