Christina Dalcher
Christina Dalcher | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer, linguist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
Christina Dalcher is an American writer and doctor of linguistics. She became known for her first novel Vox and is known for her dystopian novels.
Biography
[edit]Dalcher grew up in New Jersey and studied at Georgetown University. From 2006 to 2009, she lived in Clerkenwell and worked as a researcher at City, University of London. She then moved to Abu Dhabi for three years and several months in Sri Lanka with her husband Bruce, a lawyer specializing in maritime law.[1] She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.[2]
Dalcher turned to writing at almost 50 years old. Her first work, the dystopian novel Vox, was published four years later, in 2018.[1][3] Two years later, she published the novel Master Class, then Femlandia.[4]
Works
[edit]Dalcher published her first novel, Vox, in 2018. She had never tried her hand at literature before and, to write her first work, she was inspired by several dystopian novels: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, which Dalcher first read in 1984, when she was in high school, and which she has reread frequently since then; Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, which she read in the mid-1980s, when it had just been published. According to her, the common thread of these three novels is the danger represented by a state that is too present in the lives of citizens.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Vox, 2018 ISBN 9780440000815[6]
- Master Class, 2020 ISBN 9780440000846 [7][8]
- Femlandia, 2021 ISBN 9780593201121 [9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Susannah Butter (31 July 2018). "The woman behind The Handmaid's Tale 2.0". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "From Norfolk's author of 'Vox', a new dystopian novel: "Femlandia"". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Vox : roman féministe sur le pouvoir invisible des mots". RTBF. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Ilaria Zaffino (7 November 2022). "Christina Dalcher: "Dalla parte delle donne cattive"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Noemi Milani (2 September 2018). "Christina Dalcher al debutto con il romanzo distopico "Vox": "Mi spaventa sempre l'estrema vicinanza di religione e Stato"". Il Libraio (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ jbindeck2015 (13 September 2018). "Vox by Christina Dalcher Review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Robinson·Books, Kibby (15 April 2020). "Review: Master Class by Christina Dalcher". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "'Vox' author has a new alarming tale". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "HQ snares 'propulsive' new thriller from Dalcher". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
