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Biographical note
Maile Meloy's first novel, Liars and Saints, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read. She is also the author of the novel A Family Daughter and the story collection Half in Love. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, Prospect, and other publications. In 2007, Meloy was chosen as one of Granta's 21 Best Young American Novelists, and in 2009, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It was selected as one of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year. In 2017, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It was adapted into major film Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart.Brilliant.
* Helen Fielding *
Meloy's style is as fresh and brisk as an ocean breeze.
* Sunday Times *
Clever, calm, funny . . . absolutely compulsive.
* Daily Telegraph *
Meloy writes wonderfully well.
* Guardian *
A true and rare find.
* Richard Ford *
Moving, compassionate and amusing.
* Daily Mail *
She's such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club.
* Guardian *
Meloy writes with both fearlessness and true compassion, two talents that are rarely combined.
- Ann Patchett on LIARS AND SAINTS,
Meloy writes elegantly and precisely, never wasting a word...a terrific read.
- Time Out on Meloy's HALF IN LOVE,
Meloy is able to give convincing voice to a huge range of characters...and she harnesses skilfully the power of the untold secrets that underlie the story.
- Guardian on Meloy's LIARS AND SAINTS,
Wise, witty and beautifully written
- Helen Fielding on LIARS AND SAINTS,
The opening story in this deft collection could be Annie Proulx, while the last recalls Tobias Wolff . . . Maile Meloy has a range and flexibility well beyond her years . . . There is an exactitude and simplicity to these assured and beautifully constructed stories, which are often told from the perspective of those who lack much authority over their lives.
* Observer *
One of the best of our contemporary short-story writers, Maile Meloy's star is rapidly rising - and this brilliant collection shows why.
* Sunday Business Post *
Meloy has such a sure handle in what to leave out. Her style is impressively unshowy: it's not even showily unshowy, not seeing the need to draw attention to its pared-down restraint.
* London Review of Books *