Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist and essayist. She has written numerous essays and five novels, including "Station Eleven" (2014) and "The Glass Hotel" (2020). "Station Eleven" is scheduled to be turned into a miniseries by HBO sometime in 2021. The novel has been translated into 33 languages. The Glass Hotel was translated into 20 languages and selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books from the year 2020. 
Life.
Mandel was born in Merville, British Columbia, Canada to an American father. She moved, with her parents and four siblings, to Denman Island off the west coast of British Columbia at age 10 where she was then raised. She was home-schooled there until the age of 15, during which time she began writing daily in a diary, and left high school at 18 to study contemporary dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. She then lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New York City.
Novels.
Early Novels.
Mandel's first three novels were titled "Last Night in Montreal" (2009), "The Singer's Gun" (2009), and "The Lola Quartet" (2012). Unbridled Books published all three. 
Her debut, "Last Night in Montreal" follows a young woman with a secret who can't seem to settle in one city. When she's pursued by a private detective and a former lover, she's forced to come to terms with her own past and the secrets that haunt a childhood she can't remember. The first chapter of the book can be read on Mandel's website. 
"The Singer's Gun" tells Anton Waker's story, who grew up surrounded by corruption and has decided to live a more honorable life. Engaged and successful, his life unravels when his cousin blackmails him into doing one last job, his forged Harvard diploma is revealed, and his secretary disappears. Anton must choose between his loyalty to his family and his desire to live life with integrity. The first chapter of the book can also be read on Mandel's website.
"The Lola Quartet" is a literary noir novel that takes place in Florida following the 2008 economic collapse. Gavin, a recently-fired journalist, and former jazz musician is contacted by his sister, who believes she discovered a daughter he never knew he had. Jobless, Gavin returns to his hometown and begins searching for his unknown child and the supposed mother—his high school girlfriend. The first chapter of the novel can be found on Mandel's website. 
Station Eleven.
Mandel's fourth novel, "Station Eleven", is a post-apocalyptic novel set in the near future in a world ravaged by the effects of a virus and follows a troupe of Shakespearian actors who travel from town to town around the Great Lakes region. It was nominated for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Toronto Book Award. A film adaptation of the novel was developed by producer Scott Steindorff. The resulting ten episode limited mini-series, "Station Eleven", will be telecast by HBO Max in 2020/21.
The Glass Hotel.
Her fifth novel, a mystery thriller titled, "The Glass Hotel", was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020 and endorsed by Barack Obama when he released a list of his favorite books from 2020. 
In August of 2019, NBCUniversal International Studios acquired the rights to "The Glass Hotel" into a TV series. The series would be produced by Lark Productions, and Mandel herself will write the screenplay.
Other writing.
Mandel wrote an article analysing in detail – using Goodreads' database of books – statistics relating to novels with titles in "The ___'s Daughter" pattern. She wrote a subsequent article analysing statistics relating to novels that included the word "girl" in the title. One of her findings was that the girl is "significantly more likely to end up dead" if the author of the book is male.
Personal life.
Mandel lives in New York City with her husband, playwright and executive recruiter Kevin Mandel, and their daughter.