Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us
Karen Thompson Walker: O que o medo pode nos ensinar
Fiction writer Karen Thompson Walker explores the connection between fear and the imagination. Full bio
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karen Thompson Walker - NovelistFiction writer Karen Thompson Walker explores the connection between fear and the imagination.
Why you should listen
In Karen Thompson Walker's 2012 book The Age of Miracles, a young girl and her family awake one morning to discover that the rotation of the Earth has suddenly begun to slow, stretching the length of the 24-hour day and throwing the natural world into disarray. It's a big, speculative book, but at heart, it's a simple human drama, told through the eyes of an observant adolescent girl.
A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, Walker worked on the novel for three years, an hour each morning before work. Fun fact: The Age of Miracles was published on June 21, 2012 -- the longest day of the year. Since then, the bestselling, much-awarded book has been translated into 29 languages.
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