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.
Christina Dalcher | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer, linguist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
Biography
editDalcher 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
editDalcher 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]
- The sentence, 2024[10]
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. 31 October 2021. 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. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "HQ snares 'propulsive' new thriller from Dalcher". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Christina Dalcher https://christinadalcher.com/. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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