Background
Mandel was born and raised on the Denman Island off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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Emily Mandel
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She left school at 18 to study contemporary dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New New York She has written four novels. Her fourth, Station Eleven, 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 Shakespearian actors who travel from town to town around the Great Lakes region.
A film adaptation of the novel is in development by producer Scott Steindorff.
Achievements
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2015 Winner Arthur C. Clarke Award for Station Eleven 2015 Shortlisted National Book Award for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated Baileys Women"s Prize for Fiction for Station Eleven.
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Canada
Awards
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Arthur C. Clarke Award PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; Arthur C. Clarke Award; National Book Award 2015 Winner Arthur C. Clarke Award for Station Eleven 2015 Shortlisted National Book Award for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for Station Eleven The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.; The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.Arthur C. Clarke Award PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; Arthur C. Clarke Award; National Book Award 2015 Winner Arthur C. Clarke Award for Station Eleven 2015 Shortlisted National Book Award for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Station Eleven 2015 Nominated Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for Station Eleven The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.; The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.