Wiley Cash

author of A Land More Kind Than Home


"[A] powerfully moving debut that reads a little as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
- Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Land More Kind Than Home "is a thriller, but it's so beautifully written that you'll be torn about how fast to read it."
- National Public Radio

"[One of] Ten titles to pick up now!"
- O Magazine

"Illuminate[s] a familiar truth of Southern lit: Many are the ways that fathers fail their sons."
- Entertainment Weekly

"Cash's novel resonates perfectly... An evocative work about love, faith and redemption."
-Kirkus Reviews

"[With] this clear-sighted, graceful debut [Cash] adds his promising new voice to Southern fiction."
- The Washington Post

"A lyrical, poignant debut that melds crime fiction with Southern Gothic for an emotional story about two brothers."
- Miami Herald

"[T]he strongest case that Southern Gothic lit isn't just about spilt blood and guts, but fully realized settings and characters deeply felt."
-Grantland


Thank you for visiting the official website for Wiley Cash, author of The New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home, which is now available in paperback and ebook wherever books are sold, and This Dark Road to Mercy, forthcoming from William Morrow/​HarperCollins in early 2014.

On this site you can read excerpts, learn more about Wiley, check out his list of events and special questions for book clubs, and discover the incredible acclaim A Land More Kind Than Home has garnered since its release.

But, before you get started, check out the video trailer for A Land More Kind Than Home below, featuring music by Amanda McCoy!