Neither can the paramedics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. One night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep-and doesn’t wake up. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Glamour “A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril.”- Entertainment Weekly.An ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep in this mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of The Age of Miracles.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE ^ "Interview with Karen Thompson Walker – Wordcrafters in Eugene"."The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker review – a big sleep in small-town America". ^ Beckerman, Hannah (17 February 2019)."Dreams are dangerous - and contagious - in Karen Thompson Walker's apocalyptic thriller". "Karen Thompson Walker Sees the Possibility of the Impossible". "Karen Thompson Walker Turns Sleep Into an Infectious Illness". "Karen Thompson Walker's The Dreamers Is 2019's First Must-Read Novel". ^ a b c d "Thursday, May 31, 2012: Maximum Shelf: Age of Miracles".In 2011, she was awarded a Sirenland Fellowship. Walker was awarded the Bomb "best fiction" prize. Today, she lives in Oregon and is an assistant professor at the University of Oregon in the Creative Writing Department. She worked as an editor at Simon & Schuster. Īfter graduating from Columbia, Walker lived with her husband in Brooklyn, New York. She completed her master's degree at Columbia University. After completing her undergraduate degree, Walker worked as a journalist for a newspaper in San Diego. While in college, Walker wrote for the Daily Bruin. She earned her degrees in English language and creative writing from the University of California, Los Angeles. Karen Thompson Walker was born in San Diego, California. Walker has been featured in Jezebel, Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. Walker's second novel, The Dreamers was published in 2019. Her first book, The Age of Miracles was published in 2012. Karen Thompson Walker is an American novelist.
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