Clarke's imagination is prodigious, her pacing is masterly and she knows how to employ dry humor in the service of majesty.” —Gregory Maguire, The New York Times

“Ms. Clarke's fertile imagination takes her readers to many a mysterious realm.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times review of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL

“Nobody writes about magic the way Clarke does . . . She writes about magic as if she's actually worked it.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine

“The prose . . . is consistently flawless and beautiful. Reading Clarke is like inspecting some antiquated craft, such as marquetry or fine hand embroidery.” —Graham Joyce, The Washington Post on THE LADIES OF GRACE ADIEU AND OTHER STORIES

“Susanna Clarke shows amazing intellect and imagination . . . One of the finest new authors of our generation.” —Fantasy Book Review

“Whatever Susanna Clarke writes next, I'm dying to read it.” —Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Reviews

“Magnificent and original.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “Best of 2004” listing for JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL

“The writing is captivating, the characters charming, and the notion that perhaps there's more to reality than what our senses tell us is, as Clarke might say with a smile, simply enchanting.” —Nancy Pearl, NPR

“Susanna Clarke's magic is universal.” —Salon