Emily St. John Mandel Explained

Emily St. John Mandel
Birth Place:Merville, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Author
Language:English
Alma Mater:School of Toronto Dance Theatre
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Awards:Arthur C. Clarke Award

Emily St. John Mandel (;[1] [2] born 1979) is a Canadian novelist and essayist.[3] She has written six novels, including Station Eleven (2014), The Glass Hotel (2020), and Sea of Tranquility (2022). Station Eleven, which has been translated into 33 languages,[4] has been adapted into a limited series on HBO Max.[5] The Glass Hotel was translated into twenty languages and was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2020.[6] [7] Sea of Tranquility was published in April 2022 and debuted at number three on The New York Times Best Seller list.[8]

Early life

Mandel was born in spring 1979 in Merville, British Columbia, Canada.[9] Her Canadian mother is a social worker and her American father is a plumber.[10] [11] [12] St. John, her grandmother's surname, is her middle name.[13] [14]

When she was ten years old, she moved with her parents and four siblings to Denman Island, which is south of Merville near Union Bay. She was home-schooled there until the age of fifteen, during which time she began keeping a daily diary. She left high school when she was eighteen to study contemporary dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

She worked with independent choreographers. She was also administrative assistant at a Manhattan law firm and helped with grants at the Anderson Center for Cancer Research at Rockefeller University.

Career

In 2002, Mandel began writing her first novel, Last Night in Montreal, while living in Montreal. She is a staff writer for The Millions, an online magazine.[15] [16] In 2012, she used the Goodreads database to write an article for The Millions, analyzing statistics relating to novels with titles in "The ___'s Daughter" pattern.[17] In 2016, she wrote a subsequent article, analyzing statistics relating to novels that included the word "girl" in the title. One of her findings was that the girl of the title is "significantly more likely to end up dead" if the author of the book is male.[18] [19]

Novels

Mandel's first three novels are Last Night in Montreal (2009), The Singer's Gun (2009), and The Lola Quartet (2012). Unbridled Books published all three novels.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Last Night in Montreal follows a young woman with a secret who cannot seem to settle in one city. When she is pursued by a private detective and a former lover, she is forced to come to terms with her own past and the secrets that haunt a childhood she cannot remember.[25]

The Singer's Gun tells the story of Anton Waker, who grew up surrounded by corruption, but has now decided to live a more honourable life. His life unravels when his cousin blackmails him into doing one last job. As a result, his forged Harvard diploma is revealed, and his secretary disappears. Anton must choose between his loyalty to his family and his desire to live life with integrity.[26]

The Lola Quartet is a literary noir novel that takes place in Florida following the 2008 economic collapse. Gavin, a recently fired journalist and former jazz musician, is contacted by his sister who believes she has discovered a daughter he never knew he had. Jobless, Gavin returns to his hometown and begins searching for his unknown child and the supposed mother—his high school girlfriend.[27]

Station Eleven

Mandel's fourth novel, Station Eleven (2014), is a post-apocalyptic novel set in the near future in a world ravaged by the effects of a virus and follows a troupe of Shakespearean actors who travel from town to town around the Great Lakes region. It was nominated for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction,[28] and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award[29] and the Toronto Book Award.[30] A film adaptation of the novel was developed by producer Scott Steindorff.[5] The resulting ten-episode limited mini-series on HBO Max, Station Eleven, premiered on December 16, 2021.[31]

Station Eleven was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Michael Greyeyes.[32]

The Glass Hotel

Her fifth novel, a mystery thriller titled The Glass Hotel, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020[33] and was recommended by Barack Obama when he released a list of his favourite books from 2020. In August 2019, NBCUniversal International Studios acquired the rights to The Glass Hotel for a television series adaptation, with producer Lark Productions.[34] Mandel is writing the screenplay.

Sea of Tranquility

Mandel's sixth novel, Sea of Tranquility, was published in 2022.[35] It is a work of speculative fiction and explores questions pertaining to time travel and the simulation hypothesis. It debuted at number 3 on The New York Times Best Seller list for "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction," and number 2 for "Hardcover Fiction."[8] Barack Obama included the novel on his list of favourite books from 2022.[36]

Personal life

After studying dance, Mandel lived in Toronto and Montreal before relocating to New York City.[37] She has a daughter.[38]

As of 2022, she lives in Brooklyn, New York and has a girlfriend.[39]

Publications

Novels

Short stories

Essays

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Everything You Need to Know About Emily St John Mandel. Pan Macmillan. September 24, 2022. December 19, 2022.
  2. Web site: What I'm Reading: Emily St. John Mandel (author of The Glass Hotel). Read It Forward. August 6, 2020. December 19, 2022.
  3. "Mandel, Emily St. John 1979– --" in Contemporary Authors, v. 301. Gale, 2010.
  4. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: Bio. emilymandel.com. May 30, 2019. June 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080711/http://www.emilymandel.com/bio.html. live.
  5. Web site: Siegel . Tatiana . 2015-02-10 . Best-Seller 'Station Eleven' Acquired by 'Jane Got a Gun' Producer . 2015-06-15 . . April 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427142854/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/best-seller-station-eleven-acquired-772214 . live .
  6. Web site: December 17, 2020 . Barack Obama names Canadian novel The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel one of his favourite books of 2020 CBC Books . . April 7, 2021 . February 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210228200007/https://www.cbc.ca/books/barack-obama-names-canadian-novel-the-glass-hotel-by-emily-st-john-mandel-one-of-his-favourite-books-of-2020-1.5845643 . live .
  7. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: Essays, etc. emilymandel.com. April 7, 2021. January 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123080442/http://emilymandel.com/essays.html. live.
  8. News: Best Sellers – Books – April 24, 2022 – The New York Times . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-30 . 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Gayduk . Jane . 7 May 2020 . Emily St. John Mandel on Working Through Chaos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201110201151/https://sixtysixmag.com/emily-st-john-mandel/ . November 10, 2020 . 8 February 2021 . Sixtysix Magazine.
  10. Web site: "Station Eleven" author Emily St. John Mandel . NEA Big Read 2019 . Matthews Opera House & Arts Center . 13 March 2022 . 11 June 2018 . November 25, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125081739/https://www.matthewsopera.com/blog/meet-author-station-eleven/ . live .
  11. Web site: Station Eleven & Emily St. John Mandel . NEA Big Read . . 13 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125559/http://library.stillwater.org/station_eleven_and_emily_st_john_mandel.php . 13 March 2022.
  12. News: Kirch. Claire. Emily St. John Mandel: Once a Dancer, Now a Noir Phenom. 25 August 2015. Publishers Weekly. 9 March 2012. August 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180817092234/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/50998-dark-and-literary-emily-st-john-mandel.html. live.
  13. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: Bio. emilymandel.com. 2019-05-30. June 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080711/http://www.emilymandel.com/bio.html. live.
  14. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel . The Modern Novel . 13 March 2022 . Mandel is her surname, St John her middle name. . April 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422112232/https://www.themodernnovel.org/americas/other-americas/canada/mandel/ . live .
  15. News: About the Millions . 13 March 2022 . The Millions . March 9, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309050708/https://themillions.com/about-the-millions . live .
  16. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: Bestselling Author, Speaker . Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau . 13 March 2022 . April 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420171637/https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/emily-st-john-mandel . live .
  17. Web site: March 28, 2012 . The ___'s Daughter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102173124/http://www.themillions.com/2012/03/the-___s-daughter.html . January 2, 2017 . 2017-01-17 . Millions.
  18. Web site: October 27, 2016 . The Gone Girl With The Dragon Tattoo On The Train . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305113935/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gone-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-on-the-train/ . March 5, 2017 . 2017-03-05 . FiveThirtyEight, 27 Oct 2016.
  19. News: Flood . Alison . On the train, gone, or with a tattoo: what happens to all those 'Girls' in book titles? . The Guardian, 31 Oct 2016 . live . 2016-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221342/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/31/what-happens-to-girls-in-book-titles-emily-st-john-mandel-data-analysis . November 7, 2016.
  20. Web site: Mississippi Book Festival panel highlights Unbridled Books . Lemuria Blog . Lemuria Books . 13 March 2022 . Jackson, Mississippi . August 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817233704/http://lemuriablog.com/cmcl-unbridled-books/ . live .
  21. News: Zeitchik . Steven . BlueHen and Penguin Putnam to Part Ways . 13 March 2022 . . 2002-09-30 . en . March 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313171437/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020930/27002-bluehen-and-penguin-putnam-to-part-ways.html . live .
  22. Web site: Bigger is Not Better . LatinoLA . 13 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203155257/http://latinola.com/story.php?story=8418 . 3 December 2011.
  23. News: Putnam Lays an Egg: BlueHen to Close . 13 March 2022 . . 2002-09-26 . March 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313171446/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/putnam-lays-an-egg-bluehen-to-close . live .
  24. News: Michalson, Ramey to Launch New Publishing House . 13 March 2022 . AuthorLink . March 1, 2004 . March 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313171452/https://author-link.com/news-and-views/news/michalson-ramey-to-launch-new-publishing-house-2/ . live .
  25. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: Last Night in Montreal. emilymandel.com. April 7, 2021. September 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190909131532/http://www.emilymandel.com/montrealsynopsis.html. live.
  26. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: The Singer's Gun. emilymandel.com. April 7, 2021. May 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509084138/http://emilymandel.com/singerssynopsis.html. live.
  27. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel: The Lola Quartet. emilymandel.com. April 7, 2021. February 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217004531/http://www.emilymandel.com/lolasynopsis.html. live.
  28. News: Maslin. Janet. 2014-10-30. O.K., Now It's Time to Panic. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-12-29. 0362-4331.
  29. News: Arthur C Clarke award goes to 'elegy for the hyper-globalised present'. The Guardian. London. 2015-05-06. 2015-05-15. December 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202023640/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/06/arthur-c-clarke-award-station-eleven-emily-st-john-mandel. live.
  30. Web site: 2015-10-15. Emily St. John Mandel wins 2015 Toronto Book Award. 2022-12-29. thestar.com. en.
  31. Everything To Know About HBO Max's Station Eleven . Emma . Dibdin . . 4 November 2021 . 17 December 2021 . November 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122061256/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a37966331/station-eleven-hbo-max-release-date-cast-trailer/ . live .
  32. https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837 "Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders"
  33. https://www.cbc.ca/books/3-novels-2-short-story-collections-shortlisted-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.5749501 "3 novels, 2 short story collections shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize"
  34. Web site: White . Peter . August 28, 2019 . NBCUniversal International Studios to Adapt Emily St John Mandel's Mystery Novel 'The Glass Hotel' for TV . . April 7, 2021 . March 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308050738/https://deadline.com/2019/08/nbcuniversal-international-studios-emily-st-john-mandel-the-glass-house-1202705987/ . live .
  35. https://www.cbc.ca/books/66-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283875 "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022"
  36. Web site: Brisco . Elise . Barack Obama puts Michelle Obama's book at the top of his 2022 favorites: 'I'm a bit biased' . 2022-12-23 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  37. Web site: Summary Bibliography: Emily St. John Mandel . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219011153/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?206103 . December 19, 2021 . 13 March 2022 . isfdb.org.
  38. Web site: Kois . Dan . December 17, 2022 . A Totally Normal Interview With Writer Emily St. John Mandel . December 17, 2022 . Slate.
  39. Waldman . Katy . 2022-04-01 . The Rewriting of Emily St. John Mandel . en-US . . 0028-792X . mdy-all.
  40. Web site: Emilie. April 19, 2010. April 7, 2021. January 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128092317/https://themillions.com/2010/04/emilie.html. live.
  41. Web site: 2010-10-25 . Nicholas Carr's The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  42. Web site: On Bad Reviews. February 7, 2011. April 7, 2021. April 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415102000/https://themillions.com/2011/02/on-bad-reviews.html. live.
  43. Web site: The Second Life of Irmgard Keun. July 22, 2011. April 7, 2021. April 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420022417/https://themillions.com/2011/07/the-second-life-of-irmgard-keun.html. live.
  44. Web site: Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française, and the Mirador. September 2, 2011. April 7, 2021. January 31, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210131214036/https://themillions.com/2011/09/irene-nemirovsky-suite-francaise-and-the-mirador.html. live.
  45. Web site: The ___'s Daughter. March 28, 2012. April 7, 2021. June 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613083615/https://themillions.com/2012/03/the-___s-daughter.html. live.
  46. Web site: Eating Dirt: On Charlotte Gill and the Life of the Treeplanter. September 6, 2012. April 7, 2021. May 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512091258/https://themillions.com/2012/09/eating-dirt-on-charlotte-gill-and-planting-trees.html. live.
  47. Web site: Susanna Moore, Cheryl Strayed, and the Place Where the Writers Work. October 4, 2012. April 7, 2021. April 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418091558/https://themillions.com/2012/10/susanna-moore-cheryl-strayed-and-the-place-where-the-writers-work.html. live.
  48. Web site: Strange Long Dream: Justin Cronin's the Twelve. October 15, 2012. April 7, 2021. May 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519001719/https://themillions.com/2012/10/long-strange-dream-justin-cronins-the-twelve.html. live.
  49. Web site: Drinking at the End of the World: Lars Iyer's Exodus. February 22, 2013. April 7, 2021. May 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507010444/https://themillions.com/2013/02/drinking-at-the-end-of-the-world-lars-iyers-exodus.html. live.
  50. Web site: March 29, 2013 . I Await the Devil's Friend Request: On Social Media and Mary MacLane . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085446/https://themillions.com/2013/03/i-await-the-devils-friend-request-on-social-media-and-mary-maclane.html . May 12, 2021 . April 7, 2021.
  51. Web site: June 28, 2013 . The Bulldozing Powers of Cheap . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128091535/https://themillions.com/2013/06/the-bulldozing-powers-of-cheap.html . January 28, 2021 . April 7, 2021.
  52. Web site: 2013-07-11 . Motherless Tacoma: On Eric Barnes's Something Pretty, Something Beautiful . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  53. Web site: 2013-08-08 . The Asking is Both Graceful and Profound: On the Stories of Josephine Rowe . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  54. Web site: 2013-08-27 . On The Pleasures and Solitudes of Quiet Books . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  55. Web site: A Closed World: On by Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. March 7, 2014. April 7, 2021. April 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422131231/https://themillions.com/2014/03/a-closed-world-on-by-grand-central-station-i-sat-down-and-wept.html. live.
  56. You'll Probably Never Catch Ebola—So Why is the Disease So Terrifying?. The New Republic. August 12, 2014. Mandel. Emily St John. April 7, 2021. March 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210303185022/https://newrepublic.com/article/119053/why-do-we-fear-ebola-and-pandemics. live.
  57. Web site: Susan Sontag, Essayist and So Much else. April 7, 2021. March 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323212021/https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/septemberoctober/feature/notes-sontag. live.
  58. Web site: St. John Mandel . Emily . 2014-11-24 . The Land of Ice and Snow: On Lars Iyer's 'Wittgenstein Jr.' . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  59. Web site: The Year of Numbered Rooms. April 7, 2021. April 21, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421135026/https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2016/spring/feature/the-year-numbered-rooms. live.
  60. Web site: The Gone Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on the Train. October 27, 2016. March 5, 2017. March 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305113935/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gone-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-on-the-train/. live.
  61. Web site: 2017-12-02 . A Year in Reading: Emily St. John Mandel . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  62. Web site: 2018-12-23 . Year in Reading: Emily St. John Mandel . 2022-12-21 . The Millions . en-US.
  63. News: 2014-02-06 . Les Prix Mystère 2014 . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2022-12-21.
  64. News: Charles . Ron . 2014-10-15 . National Book Awards finalists announced . . live . 2015-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927124939/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2014/10/15/national-book-awards-finalists-announced/ . September 27, 2015 . 0190-8286.
  65. Web site: Emily St. John Mandel . 2022-12-21 . National Book Foundation . en-US.
  66. Web site: Station Eleven Wins This Year's Arthur C. Clarke Award!. Anders. Charlie Jane. 6 May 2015. io9. 20 September 2015. December 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151214095833/http://io9.com/station-eleven-wins-this-years-arthur-c-clarke-award-1702708356. live.
  67. Web site: 2017-08-16 . Toronto Book Awards Past Winners . 2022-12-21 . City of Toronto . en-CA.
  68. News: Emily St. John Mandel among finalists for PEN/Faulkner Prize. The Washington Post. 2015-03-10. 2020-03-16. 0190-8286. Ron. Charles. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513160701/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/03/10/2015-penfaulkner-fiction-prize-finalists-announced/. live.
  69. News: Baileys women's prize for fiction longlist – in pictures. The Guardian. March 10, 2015. 2015-09-26. December 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161207150017/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/10/baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist-in-pictures. live.
  70. Web site: Stéphane Larue et Emily St. John Mandel, Prix des libraires du Québec 2017 . 2022-12-21 . ActuaLitté.com . fr-FR.
  71. News: Goodreads readers pick their choices of 2022. Are your favourite books of the year among them? . 8 May 2023 . . 17 December 2022.

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