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Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council and the Multiculturalism Programmes of
the Department of Canadian Heritage, for financial assistance while I completed this project.
For patient, insightful critique, encouragement, invention and general correction of my wacky concepts of
science and social systems, thank you to Bob Boyczuk, Laurie Channer, Debbie Donofrio, Candas Jane
Dorsey, David Findlay, Peter Halasz, Brent Hayward, Dora Knez, Kelly Link, Pamela Mordecai, Peter
Watts, and my agent Don Maass and editor Betsy Mitchell.
Appreciation to David Findlay for permission to quote “Stolen.” Thank you, doux-doux.
Love, respect, blessings to my mother, Freda, and brother Keïta for their boundless support and
enthusiasm.



UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM FOR AN AMAZING NEW TALENT
NALO HOPKINSON
Winner of the Aspect First Novel Contest
Finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award
MIDNIGHT ROBBER
“It’s been many a day since I’ve read anything so bursting with robust, inventive energy and singing
language . . . a wonderful job.”
—Suzy McKee Charnas, author ofWalk to the End of the World
“A lovely novel and a rousing adventure, with a unique setting and complex, intriguing characters.”
—Vonda McIntyre, author ofThe Moon and the Sun
“Transports you not only to a different world, but to a different way of looking at the world. This is what
SF is supposed to be and so often isn’t: provocative, intelligent, original.”
—Delia Sherman, author ofThrough a Brazen Mirror
“In rich and vibrant language, Hopkinson tells a universal tale of a young woman’s struggle to reclaim her
life from dark forces.”
—Candas Jane Dorsey, author ofBlack Wine
BROWN GIRL IN THE RING
“An impressive debut precisely because of Hopkinson’s fresh viewpoint.”
—Washington Post Book World
“Simply triumphant.”
—Dorothy Allison, author ofBastard Out of Carolina
“Fusing Afro-Caribbean soul and speech in an intriguing landscape of spirits . . . a terrifying battle
between good and evil.”
—Black Issues Book Review
“A wonderful sense of narrative and a finely tuned ear for dialogue . . . balances a well-crafted and
imaginative story with incisive social critique and a vivid sense of place.”
—Emerge
“A parable of black feminist self-reliance, couched in poetic language and the structural conventions of
classic SF.”
—Village Voice
“Splendid. . . . Superbly plotted and redolent of the rhythms of Afro-Caribbean speech.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A book to remember.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Active, eventful . . . a success.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
“Rich and rewarding . . . one of the best debut novels in years.”