Emily St. John Mandel
United States
Emily St. John Mandel joins us at a pre-Festival Special Event on September 21, 2026.
EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL is the author of seven novels. Her previous book, Sea of Tranquility, has been translated into 25 languages and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2022. Her previous novels include The Glass Hotel, which was also on Obama’s list, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and has been translated into 26 languages; and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award among other honors, has been translated into 36 languages, and aired as a limited series on HBO Max. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles.