The Hum and the Shiver

The Hum and the Shiver
First edition cover
AuthorAlex Bledsoe
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTufa
GenreUrban fantasy[1][2]
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
September 2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages304
ISBN978-0-7653-2744-4
Followed byWisp of a Thing 

The Hum and the Shiver is an urban fantasy[1][2] novel by American writer Alex Bledsoe, first published in the United States in September 2011 by Tor Books. It is the first in a series of six books by Bledsoe about the Tufa living in a remote Appalachian valley in East Tennessee. The Tufa are descendants of Irish fairies and were found in the area when the first European settlers arrived.[3][4]

Bledsoe dedicated The Hum and the Shiver to South Carolina singer-songwriter Jennifer Goree, "for the title and the music".[5] The book's title comes from the title of Goree's third album, The Hum and the Shiver and its eponymous lead song.[6]

The Hum and the Shiver received mostly positive reviews from critics, and was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of its best works of fiction in 2011.[7]

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  5. ^ Bledsoe 2011a, p. 2.
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