Emily St. John Mandel: Exit Party - A conversation with the bestselling author of Station Eleven presented by Chicago Humanities and Thalia Hall

Join us as Emily St. John Mandel, the award-winning author of Station Eleven, Sea of Tranquility, and The Glass Hotel, celebrates the release of her breathtaking new novel, Exit Party. Known for her genre-defying works of fiction, Mandel will explore the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, and resilience in the face of cataclysmic change. Shell be joined in conversation by podcast host Greta Johnsen.Mandels books have been translated into 25 languages, and Station Eleven was adapted into a critically acclaimed 10-episode limited series on HBO, set and filmed in Chicago. EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL is the author of six novels, including Sea of Tranquility, which has been translated into 25 languages and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2022; The Glass Hotel, which was also on Obamas 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... Read more .