“M.J. Fievre’s powerful memoir A Sky The Color of Chaos is a vivid, lyric account of the perils of growing up in Haiti. It brings the headlines to the heart and leaves an indelible mark on the mind.”
~ Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties

“The imagery in A Sky the Color of Chaos is spellbinding. This uncompromisingly honest story will break even those hearts carved out of stone. Unfathomable violence and brazen impunity, shattered innocence and sensuality, determination and defiance, death and self-discovery glide gracefully across the pages in polished prose. The narrative is soul-searing, compelling, necessary, unforgettable, and commands complete attention. This chronicle of M. J. Fievre’s journey thus far reveals without apology or melodrama the artist behind the art.”
~ Katia D. Ulysse, author of Drifting

“It is an unsparing, honest, and unsentimental evocation of a young woman’s struggle for independence amidst the chaos and violence of a nation coming apart at its seams. M.J. Fievre takes us behind her family’s closed doors and beyond the security fences and the armed guards, the protests, the murders, and the nightly eruption of gunfire.”
~ John Dufresne, author of No Regrets, Coyote

“A Sky the Color of Chaos is a brave and beautiful book from a prodigious talent. It is also a welcomed revelation of a very talented writer’s beginnings.”
~ Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I’m Dying and Breath, Eyes, Memory, editor of Haiti Noir

 “This is a haunting and violent story that runs counter to the more prevailing narrative of strong people elevating themselves above their humble origins. Fievre’s brutal and poignantly rendered Port-au-Prince origins had to be left behind, not risen above.”
~ Johnny Temple, Editor of USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series

“Stories, wonderfully paced, fill this book. They will give you the shivers.”
~ Charmaine Chang, South China Morning Post