Praise for Helen Hudson's previous books:

"...a brilliant, witty writer.... her insights, her similes and metaphors gleam like knife blades in the sun." -Newsweek

"A superior writer...Miss Hudson has Charlie Chaplin's magic way of provoking derision, sympathy, exasperation and curiosity all with the same gesture." -The New Yorker

"Miss Hudson is a gifted writer... her pliant style and warmth for her characters are uncommon virtues." -The New York Times Book Review

"Her touch is light, whenever we come close to weeping, she saves us with her laughter." -Look

"A fine and sensitive writer." -Publishers Weekly

"Criminal Trespass explores with accuracy, loneliness, racism, ignorance, the will to learn and the ability to love with extraordinary tenderness... enough emotional torque to move any reader." -Los Angeles Times Book Review