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SUMMARY:Writing the Nightmare with Daniel Kraus (Online)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us online as we sit down with master 
 storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\,
  to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel\, <em>The Sixth Ni
 k</em>.</p>\n<p>Deep into space\, far past the triworld outposts\, beyond 
 range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars&nbsp\;<em>The Sickness</em>:
  a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its 
 human crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arc
 ane tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the en
 igma of F&eacute\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone 
 rogue.</p>\n<p>The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beauti
 ful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&m
 dash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score 
 to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to bel
 ieve Sisilla is its daughter.&nbsp\;<em>The Sickness&nbsp\;</em>itself is 
 mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of F&eacute\;m is more h
 orrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to
  forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.</p>\n<p>Register 
 now to gain exclusive insight from one of the most visionary voices in mod
 ern fiction.</p>\n<p>About the Author:</p>\n<p>Daniel Kraus is a Pulitzer 
 Prize-winning\,&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling writer of novels\, 
 TV\, and film. His novel&nbsp\;<em>Angel Down</em>&nbsp\;was the 2026 Puli
 tzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;Top 10 Book o
 f 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel&nbsp\;<em>Whalefall&nbsp\;</
 em>received a front-cover review in the&nbsp\;New York Times Book Review\,
  won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Be
 st Book of 2023 from NPR\, the&nbsp\;New York Times\, Amazon\,&nbsp\;Chica
 go Tribune\, and more.</p>\n<p>With Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored&nb
 sp\;<em>The Shape of Water</em>\, based on the same idea the two created f
 or the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored&nbsp\;<e
 m>Trollhunters</em>\, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix seri
 es. He co-wrote&nbsp\;<em>The Living Dead</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>Pay the
  Piper&nbsp\;</em>with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;
 s&nbsp\;<em>The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch</em>&nbsp\;was named one o
 f&nbsp\;Entertainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has 
 won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Awards (for both&nb
 sp\;<em>Rotters&nbsp\;</em>and&nbsp\;<em>Scowler</em>)\, and has appeared 
 multiple times as Library Guild selections\, and more.</p>\n<p>Kraus&rsquo
 \;s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his par
 tner in Chicago. Visit him at&nbsp\;danielkraus.com.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style=
 "text-align: center\;"><strong>A Service of the Broward County Board of Co
 unty Commissioners.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event
 /16885846
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