"Quick Fall of Light was a 2010 ForeWord Reviews finalist for Best Book of the Year, and it is easy to see why. Katherine Anne Porter’s Pale Horse, Pale Rider echoes through Josie’s flu-stricken dreams, but the landscape she and Sterns travel also invokes Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, an 1990s novel that also revolves around fires that burn out of control over millions of acres and the unintentional results of biomedical research. Ultimately, it will all come down to the success of one small bird, flying alone through a dying wilderness.” Reviewed by Elizabeth Breau, April 28, 2011

From the last portion of ForeWord Reviews description of Quick Fall of Light, 2010 Indies Winner, 2010—Silver, Science Fiction (Adult Fiction)

Author’s Reviews:

“This is the riveting story of a possible plague and the haunting loss of the passenger pigeon. Woodley explores a future world of global extinctions and how we might survive a pandemic of bird flu. A prophetic mystery and environmental thriller, Quick Fall of Light will keep you reading and wondering.”--Brenda Peterson, Author of Animal Heart

"This book has everything! Great characters, vivid language, a shocking resurrection, and birds. I loved it.”--Sy Montgomery, Author of The Soul of an Octopus

"A wonderful reading experience. I think anyone who picks up this book will be changed by it." --Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Ph.D., Author of Dogs Never Lie About Love