The grace of Michaels's style makes these times and places seem entirely new. He succeeds at one of the hardest things a writer can do: he makes music seem to sing from the pages of a novel Giller Prize jury (Shauna Singh Baldwin, Justin Cartwright and Francine Prose) Told with grace and confidence, and in a finely wrought voice, Us Conductors kept surprising me to the end Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child Turns out Sean Michaels might not be able to play the theremin, but he can record the noise of the human heart Glasgow Herald Michaels has a natural gift for bringing us to a time and place which allows the suspension of belief and lets you walk every step of the way with him The Globe and Mail

Montreal's Sean Michaels is a writer, critic and founder of the pioneering music blog 'Said the Gramophone'. Born in Stirling, Scotland, in 1982, he has toured with rock bands, scoured the Paris catacombs and contributed to publications including the Guardian, McSweeney's, Pitchfork and Plan B. Us Conductors is longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2016. @stgramophone usconductors.byseanmichaels.com