Anna M. Quinn

THE NIGHT CHILD

“The Night Child is an exhilarating debut: Quinn immediately pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the final scene. She commands each page and expertly dives into the inner working of a broken mind. This fast-paced, riveting novel of coping with the past while trying to salvage life in the present is hard to put down.”
Booklist
"What I had not expected was the surprise of being so completely in character with someone experiencing the kind of disassociation Quinn portrays. I don’t think I have ever read such a strong rendition from the inside of such a dilemma, and more complexly, she made me care about Nora and identify with her. That’s a very wonderful and difficult accomplishment."
Dorothy Allison Author of Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller

"A powerful, beautifully written, transformative novel…’Must-read’ is not a phrase I use often; I am using it now: you must read this book!"
Garth SteinNYT bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
"My favorite stories are those that attempt to illustrate the most painful conflicts–those between parts of ourselves. Anna Quinn has written such a book and done so with tremendous empathy, propulsive storytelling, and great reverence for the complexity of healing, the ways that it breaks us apart so that we can be remade stronger."
Melissa FebosAuthor of Girlhood and Abandon Me

"...a powerful, heart-wrenching psychological tale... The Night Child’s gentle dealings with heavy subjects highlight the fragility of the human mind and the intense journeys required to heal deep wounds.”
Foreword Review

“The Night Child is beautiful and empowering – it shows us that on the other side of harrowing there is healing. Anna Quinn writes for those who have been silenced and gives them a voice in Nora.”
Erica BauermeisterAuthor of The Scent Keeper and The Lost Art of Mixing

Giant Pencil

July 2, 2022

I walked the edge of ocean today, hoping the sound and salt of waves might somehow ease the awfulness of this week’s news. I walked, thinking: what to do, how to help, how to move forward. I’m a writer but

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Magic Portal

March 3, 2022

Today, as I sat on a beach log, crushed by the horrors happening in Ukraine, outraged by Putin’s brutality, astonished by the courage of Zelensky and the Ukrainians, I watched five kids build this structure. They called it their magic

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Wonderful News!

October 28, 2021

I’ve sold my second novel, ANGELINE, to the fabulous Blackstone Publishing! So happy and grateful to be working once again with the publishing team that brought THE NIGHT CHILD into the world.

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