“Throughout the Caribbean [there are] stories about people who aren’t what they seem. Skin gives these folk their human shape. When the skin comes off, their true selves emerge. And whatever the burden their skin bears, once they remove it, skin folk can fly . . .”
Nalo Hopkinson has gained universal acclaim as one of the most impressively original authors to emerge in years. Her debut novel,Brown Girl in the Ring , won theLocus Award for Best First Novel, became a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award, and garnered Hopkinson the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her second novel,Midnight Robber , was aNew York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for both the Nebula and Hugo Awards.
Now she presentsSkin Folk , a richly vibrant collection of short fiction that ranges from Trinidad to Toronto, from fantastic folklore to frightening futures, from houses of deadly haunts to realms of dark sexuality. Powerful and sensual, disturbing and triumphant, these tales explore the surface of modern existence . . . and delve under the skin of eternal legends.
“Hopkinson’s prose is vivid and immediate.” —Washington Post Book World
“Hopkinson owns one of the most important and original voices in SF.” —Publishers Weekly
“An important new writer.” —Dallas Morning News
Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and grew up in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada, where she has lived since age sixteen. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has written the acclaimed novelsBrown Girl in the Ring andMidnight Robber , and her short fiction has appeared in a number of science fiction and literary anthologies and magazines.