"Shawl's keen sense of justice and their adamant anticolonialism always ride just beneath the surface of her stories. Never didactic, Shawl possesses the gift of a true storyteller: the ability to let the warp and weft of plot and character do their moral work for them."
–Brian Charles Clark in Curled Up with a Good Book
"A talented and distinctive voice."
–Daniel Haeusser of The Skiffy and Fanty Show
"Nisi Shawl tells stories as if they have just awakened from a vivid and terrifying dream, and they're intent on relating its details."
–Seattle Times
"Shawl is brilliant."
–Amal el-Mohtar on NPR