Critical Praise

"In Someone Knows My Name, as in the slave narratives that inspired it, language is power... Populated by vivid characters and rendered in fascinating detail... [Aminata becomes] a djeli, a storyteller entrusted with the village’s ancestral tales. Free at last, she becomes a writer."

—Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review

"With grace and compassion, Hill populates true and harrowing experience with an authentic hero --- just as good historical fiction requires."

—Jennifer Berman, Bookforum

"Hill’s elegant voice will leave you... spellbound... [a] gripping tale."

—Mika Ono Benedyk, Essence

"Transporting... A terrific character... And through her curious eyes, a terrifying patch of history comes to vivid life."

—Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly