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Emily St. John Mandel
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Emily St. John Mandel

How to pronounce Emily St. John Mandel: Emily's last name is Mandel. St. John is her middle name and it is pronounced as it looks, Saint John

Emily St. John Mandel Biography

Emily St. John Mandel's five previous novels include The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, has been translated into thirty-five languages, and is the basis for the HBO Max series by the same name. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

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Sea of Tranquility jacket The Glass Hotel jacket Station Eleven jacket The Lola Quartet jacket
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    If you enjoyed:
    Station Eleven

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    If you enjoyed:
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    Try:
    Landscape with Invisible Hand
    by M.T. Anderson

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