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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Daniel Kraus
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DESCRIPTION:Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! 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 brea
 thtaking new novel\, The Sixth Nik..\nhttps://bplwv.libnet.info/event/1702
 8037
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Deep into space\, far past the triworld ou
 tposts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars&nbsp\;The Si
 ckness: 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 arcane tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate
  the enigma of F&eacute\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptl
 y gone rogue.</p>\n<p>The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a
  beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\
 , and&mdash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a
  score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins
  to believe Sisilla is its daughter.&nbsp\;The Sickness&nbsp\;itself is mu
 tating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of F&eacute\;m is more hor
 rific than anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to f
 orsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.</p>\n<p>Register no
 w to gain exclusive insight from one of the most visionary voices in moder
 n fiction.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>About the Author:</p>\n<p>Daniel Kraus 
 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning\,&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling write
 r of novels\, TV\, and film. His novel&nbsp\;Angel Down&nbsp\;was the 2026
  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;Top 10 B
 ook of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel&nbsp\;Whalefall&nbsp\;r
 eceived 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 Best B
 ook of 2023 from NPR\, the&nbsp\;New York Times\, Amazon\,&nbsp\;Chicago T
 ribune\, and more.</p>\n<p>With Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored&nbsp\;
 The Shape of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-
 winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored&nbsp\;Trollhunters\, 
 which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote&nbsp\;
 The Living Dead&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Pay the Piper&nbsp\;with legendary filmmak
 er George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;The Death and Life of Zebulon Fi
 nch&nbsp\;was named one of&nbsp\;Entertainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Book
 s of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Od
 yssey Awards (for both&nbsp\;Rotters&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Scowler)\, and has ap
 peared multiple times as Library Guild selections\, and more.</p>\n<p>Krau
 s&rsquo\;s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with 
 his partner in Chicago. Visit him at&nbsp\;danielkraus.com.</p>\nhttps://b
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