Zombies, Witches, Killers and Cowboys: Visions of the Future Novel
From the supernatural to gumshoes to the undead—writers discuss what the future of the novel looks like through the nature of their protagonists.
This round table discussion features authors Deborah Harkness, Alen Mattich, Jo Nesbø and Corey Redekop. Andrew Pyper hosts and moderates.
This event is part of the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference: Toronto in partnership with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the British Council.
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Deborah Harkness is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, her publications include works on the history of science, magic and alchemy. In her first novel, A Discovery of Witches, Harkness offered an unexpected answer to the question, “If there really are vampires, what do they do for a living?” Harkness’ second novel, Shadow of Night, picks up where A Discovery of Witches left off, journeying through a world of alchemy, time travel and magical discoveries.
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Alen Mattich (Canada/UK) was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and grew up in Libya, Italy, Canada and the USA. He went to McGill University for his undergraduate degree and did post-graduate work at the London School of Economics. A financial journalist and columnist, he’s now based in London and writes for Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal. Mattich’s debut novel, Zagreb Cowboy, opens in the crumbling state of Yugoslavia in 1991, where in the midst of the chaos secret policeman Marko della Torre has been working both sides of the law.
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Jo Nesbø is a musician, economist and the bestselling author of the Harry Hole detective series. He has won many prizes for his novels, including the Glass Key, the Riverton Prize and the Norwegian Book Club prize. His first novel to be published in English was The Devil's Star and the second, The Redbreast, was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. In The Bat, the first book in the Harry Hole series, Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl.
Andrew Pyper is the award-winning author of five internationally bestselling novels. Lost Girls won the Arthur Ellis Award, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2000, and appeared on the New York Times and Times (UK) bestseller lists. The Killing Circle was a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. In Pyper’s latest novel The Demonologist, a Columbia professor must use his knowledge of demonic mythology to rescue his daughter from the Underworld.
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Actor, waiter, disc jockey, cameraman, editor, publicist, librarian and now author, Corey Redekop lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. His first novel, Shelf Monkey, was widely praised. Redekop presents his latest work, Husk, which centres on Sheldon Funk, a struggling actor who dies in a bus restroom only to awaken during his autopsy and realize he has become a Zombie.
