Hillary Jordan writes historical and speculative fiction about race, class, gender and the social rules that determine who is allowed power or dignity. Mudbound is set in the Mississippi Delta after the Second World War and alternates among members of two farming families, one white and one Black, as returning veterans Jamie McAllan and Ronsel Jackson confront a community still structured by segregation and violence. The multiple viewpoints show how the same events are understood differently according to race, gender and family position. When She Woke moves into speculative fiction, imagining a near-future America where convicted people are chemically dyed according to their crimes; Hannah Payne’s red skin marks her publicly after an abortion conviction. Jordan’s work is direct, character-led and interested in institutional judgement rather than abstract dystopian world-building. Her catalogue moves between historical fiction, Southern fiction and social dystopia. Mudbound is the strongest first book for its tightly interwoven voices and post-war rural setting. Read more Less
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