Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s first book of short stories, How to Get Along with Women, was longlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her poetry and short fiction have been widely published in magazines across Canada and have been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. de Mariaffi lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with the poet George Murray and their combined brood of four children, making them CanLit’s version of the Brady Brunch. Website: elisabethdemariaffi.com. Twitter: @ElisabethdeM.

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Reviews of Hysteria:

• “Pushing through the conventions and readerly expectations, de Mariaffi is able to create a fresh sense of suspense, building toward a climax which is breathtaking in its originality and vitality” – In the Toronto Star
• “Mariaffi brilliantly overlays the landscape with a ghost story of sorts. Her settings and overall tone of the book are extremely well done” – At I’ve Read This

Interviews:

• “But the eeriness of her idyllic life becomes hard to ignore when a mysterious little girl appears one afternoon at the pond and vanishes just as quickly” – In CBC Books
• “The one thing I wish someone had told me before I published my first book is: Don’t worry so much” – In Open Book