A Globe & Mail Best Books selection
“The authors interpret so harmoniously, are so guided by respect and common sense, that these reconstructed lives just hum with authenticity.”
~ Globe and Mail
McClelland & Stewart, 2008 Rereleased by Rabbit Rock Press, 2023
“This is the family history I wish I had written…. A combination of meticulous and genealogical research and fluid writing makes this a book that shouldn’t be missed.”
~ Marian Press, Toronto Tree (Ontario Genealogical Society)
Douglas & McIntyre, 2018
Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year
Nominated for the Trillium Award
“A magical, wonderful novel like no other.” ~ Trillium Award Jury
Freehand Books, 2011
“Kristen den Hartog’s Origin of Haloes is a haunting, heart-rending masterpiece penned in incandescent ink.”
~ George Elliott Clarke
McClelland & Stewart, 2005
Nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award
“Den Hartog shows a serious gift for depicting, with authority, both joy and trauma, clarity and strangeness.”
~ Denver Post
Knopf Canada, 2003
Water Wings
“Den Hartog … has a Munroesque knack for dropping shocks into a plot as casually as pebbles from a dock.”
~ Quill and Quire
The New Face of Fiction, Knopf Canada, 2001