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Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes is the author of the gritty magic-infested noir, Zoo City, set in Johannesburg's inner city slums and Moxyland, a neo-apartheid future thriller. She's a South African author, TV scriptwriter, documentary filmmaker and a recovering journalist who still sometimes falls off the wagon, especially if she can tie in an interesting investigative feature to her novel research. She lives in Cape Town with her husband and daughter.
Zoo City was short-listed for the Arthur C Clarke Award and the BSFA Award and won the Kitschies Red Tentacle for the novel that best "elevates the tone of geek culture." It’s an unconventional detective story about email scammer, Zinzi, who has a sloth on her back and the magical ability to find lost things, set against the backdrop of the aposymbiot plague. It’s a story about the things we do to each other, crime, slums, refugees, magic and music and the possibility of redemption
Programming for Lauren Beukes
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| Wed | 16:00 | (D05) | 1 hr |
Social Media, Online Technologies, and the Way We will Live
How has your Internet use changed? Are you tweeting from your phone? Using Facebook from your laptop? Trying out Google+ from your iPad? How do you see your Web access changing in the future? |
| Wed | 18:00 | (Hall 2 Bar) | 1 hr |
Literary Beer: Wed 18:00
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| Thu | 09:00 | (Stroll Meeting Spot) | 1 hr |
Stroll with the Stars - Thursday
A gentle, friendly 1 mile stroll with some of your favorite Authors, Artists & Editors. Leaving daily at 9AM, from Walgreen's parking lot (3495 S. Virginia), and returning to the Convention Center before 10AM. |
| Thu | 12:00 | (E01) | 1 hr |
Where to Start With Comics
Kids love comics, and sometimes they want to know "what to read first" or "what to read next." A discussion with kids on the best of today's comics and suggestions for reading. |
| Thu | 16:00 | (D05) | 1 hr |
Futuristic Fashion and Wearable Art
Fashion that can collect and broadcast video, bio-genetic art, LED tattoos... what's coming around the bend in RL and visible now in the latest science fiction? |
| Fri | 10:00 | (Roma2) | 2 hrs |
Writers Workshop, Section L
All workshop sessions required advanced sign-up and are filled. |
| Fri | 14:00 | (A15) | 30 min |
Reading: Lauren Beukes
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| Fri | 17:00 | (A01+6) | 1 hr |
The Future of Cities
Our panel discusses the challenges facing urban populations around the world and how they translate into interesting story settings. |
| Sat | 12:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Meet the Campbell Award Nominees
All of this year's Campbell Award nominees are at Worldcon. Here's your chance to see some of the field's best new writers. |
| Sun | 12:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Sun 12:00
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