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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Writing the Nightmare: A Ship Called Sickness and One Unforgettable Space Crew with Daniel Kraus
DESCRIPTION:Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join 
 us online as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner of 
 the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, to celebrate the release of his 
 breathtaking new novel\, The Sixth Nik.\n\nDeep into space\, far past the 
 triworld outposts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars 
 The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every 
 need of its human crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain 
 enhanced by arcane tech known as “niks\,” has boarded to investigate 
 the enigma of Fém—a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone 
 rogue.\n\nThe mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beautiful 
 engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and—most 
 lethal of all—a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score to settle with 
 Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is 
 its daughter. The Sickness itself is mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And 
 the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To 
 survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace 
 the unknown.\n\nRegister now to gain exclusive insight from one of the most 
 visionary voices in modern fiction.\n\nAbout the Author:\n\nDaniel Kraus is 
 a Pulitzer Prize-winning\, New York Times bestselling writer of novels\, 
 TV\, and film. His novel Angel Down was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 
 winner\, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025\, and a national bestseller. 
 His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in the New York Times 
 Book Review\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, 
 and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR\, the New York Times\, Amazon\, 
 Chicago Tribune\, and more.\n\nWith Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored The 
 Shape of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the 
 Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters\, 
 which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote The 
 Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. 
 Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of 
 Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram 
 Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and 
 Scowler)\, and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections\, 
 and more.\n\nKraus’s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He 
 lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at danielkraus.com.\n\nJoin 
 Meeting: https://libraryc.org/agawamlibrary/194095/register
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristen Frost":MAILTO:kfrost@agawamlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Virtual Author Talks
CONTACT;CN="Kristen Frost":MAILTO:kfrost@agawamlibrary.org
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