Best-Selling Novelist Emily St. John Mandel to Speak at 91短视频

The Stokes Center for Creative Writing will host best-selling author Emily St. John Mandel Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the University of South Alabama. 

Mandel will read and discuss her work as part of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing Visiting Writers鈥� Series. The reading will be held in the 91短视频 Student Center Ballroom at 6 p.m. A book signing and reception will follow.

Mandel has written six novels, including her recent book titled 鈥淪ea of Tranquility.鈥� She is well known for her novel 鈥淪tation Eleven,鈥� which was adapted into a series on HBO last year and received several Emmy nominations. Mandel鈥檚 鈥淭he Glass Hotel鈥� was also chosen by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2020. 

鈥淏ecause of the generosity of Angelia and Steven Stokes, we are fortunate to be able to invite someone of Mandel's stature,鈥� said Dr. Charlotte Pence, director of the Stokes Center and associate professor of English. 鈥淚 can already feel the excitement as people stop me on campus to talk about which book is their favorite. Also, the Haunted Book Shop reached out, and they are hosting a discussion on 鈥楽ea of Tranquility鈥� with English professor Caleb Johnson on Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. There is a lot of buzz.鈥�

Mandel鈥檚 鈥淪tation Eleven鈥� won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award and has been translated into 36 languages, and 鈥淭he Glass Hotel鈥� was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and has been translated into 23 languages. 

National Public Radio has called Mandel 鈥�...an important novelist of our moment, but [Mandel] doesn鈥檛 settle for merely replicating our moment. She inhabits it even as she sees beyond it.鈥� 

The Stokes Center sponsors readings, lectures, forums and many other events to enhance the Department of English鈥檚 offerings in creative writing. All of these events are free and open to the public. The Stokes Center also supports students through its graduate and undergraduate awards in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.