ALIX OHLIN is the author of six books, including the novels Inside and Dual Citizens, which were both finalists for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, Best American Short Stories, and many other publications. Born and raised in Montreal, she lives in Vancouver, where she chairs the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.

... winning ... tightly crafted ... these snippets of life’s upheavals highlight Ohlin’s keen eye for observation. - Publishers Weekly

... by the time you're through reading Signs and Wonders you'll be fully under Ohlin's spell ... - Emily M Keeler, FASHION

Unputdownable. It's the literary equivalent of a Paul Simon album: crisp, focused, lovely, and lasting. Ohlin's characters are so genuine you'll be reminded of people you know, love, and hate. - Marie Claire

... intense and beautifully shaped ... - Boston Globe

... a writer who should be famous ... - T. F. Rigelhof, Globe and Mail

... impressive ... with enjoyably mordant humour and a surgical hand with relationship dissection, Ohlin examines the corrosion-prone faces of love. - Brett Josef Grubisic, National Post

… wise and whimsical … there's plenty of playfulness and warmth throughout these stories, but there's plenty of insight, too. - Leigh Newman, Oprah Magazine

These closely worked stories about life on earth -- they soar. They do. - Alan Cheuse, NPR

I’ll come right out and say it: Read this! - Ian McGillis, Montreal Gazette

... conversational, irreverent, and stealthily humorous ... [Ohlin blends] pathos with acerbic wit ... - Dory Cerny, Quill and Quire

It’s hard to resist devouring the stories at first, but upon approaching the last few with a sense of hesitation one does slow down, wanting to draw out the pleasure as long as possible. - Megan Power, Chronicle Herald