Hauntings: Susan Price's new collection shows her again as one of the best contemporary writers for children of nine and over. She is especially good at presenting a recognisable modern world, often through the eyes of an older person, looking back to their youthful past. She understands well that the ghost story form may be used to move readers and question their prejudices about the nature of appearance, as well as to frighten delightfully. She never settles for cheap effects and writes beautifully of relationships between young and old. Susan Hill, The Daily Telegraph
Susan Price has an exceptional gift for bringing other worlds to life. * Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian *
Susan Price is one of the best contemporary writers for children of nine and over. She is especially good at presenting a recognisable modern world, often through the eyes of an older person, looking back to their youthful past. She understands well that the ghost story form may be used to move readers and question their prejudices about the nature of appearance, as well as to frighten delightfully. She never settles for cheap effects and writes beautifully of relationships between young and old. * Susan Hill, The Daily Telegraph *
Nightcomers: Nine beautifully written stories to chill your soul and haunt your mind. A diverse collection with a story for all. The Guardian
What counts here in every tale is the quality of the imagination and the accuracy of the telling... What most impresses is the authority of Susan Price's voice; exact, rich or spare when necessary; able to invoke the past without falsity and the present without effort. Philip Pullman, The Guardian
A finely tuned and excellently written collection. Julia Eccleshare, Highbury & Islington Express
The Story Collector: an exceptionally fine book... Here are stories impressive enough to bear comparison with the shorter fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Literary Review
Enthralling The Independent on Sunday
