Emily St. John Mandel is a Canadian novelist and essayist who has established herself as a significant voice in contemporary fiction. She was born in 1979 and has written seven novels to date, gaining international recognition for her work. Mandel's breakthrough novel Station Eleven, published in 2014, became a major success and has been translated into 33 languages. The novel was adapted into a limited series on HBO Max, bringing her work to a wider audience. Her subsequent novels have continued to receive critical acclaim and commercial success. The Glass Hotel, published in 2020, was translated into twenty languages and resonated strongly with readers and critics alike. The novel was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2020, a significant recognition of its quality. Sea of Tranquility, published in April 2022, debuted at number three on The New York Times Best Seller list, demonstrating her continued popularity and influence in the literary world.