Draft:Christina Dalcher

Christina Dalcher is an American writer and doctor of linguistics. She rose to prominence with her first novel Vox [ 1 ] and is known for her dystopian novels .

Biography Christina Dalcher grew up in New Jersey and studied at Georgetown University . She studies at Georgetown University . From 2006 to 2009 she lived in Clerkenwell and worked as a researcher at City University London . She then moved to Abu Dhabi for three years and several months in Sri Lanka with her husband Bruce, a lawyer specializing in maritime law [ 2 ] . She lives in Norfolk , Virginia . [ 3 ]

Christina Dalcher turned to writing late, at almost 50 years old. His first work, the dystopian novel Vox , was published only four years later, in 2018 [ 2 ] . Two years later, she published the novel QI , then Femlandia [ 4 ] .

Works The author published her first novel, Vox , in 2018. Christina Dalcher had never tried literature before and, to write her first work, she was inspired by several dystopian novels: 1984 by George Orwell , which she read for the first time exactly in 1984, when the author was in high school, and has reread frequently since then, Fahrenheit 451 by the British author Ray Bradbury and, finally, The Handmaid's Tale by the Canadian Margaret Atwood , which she read in the mid-1980s, when it had just been published. According to her, the common feature of these three novels is the danger represented for citizens by a State that is too present in their lives [ 5 ] .

Works Vox , 2018 ((en) Vox , 2018), ( ISBN 9780440000815 ) [ 6 ] , [ 7 ] , [ 8 ] , [ 9 ] , [ 10 ] , [ 11 ] , [ 12 ] QI , 2021 ((en) Master Class , 2020) ( ISBN 9780440000846 ) [ 13 ] , [ 14 ] Femlandia , 2023 , ((en) Femlandia, 2021) ( ISBN 9780593201121 ) [ 15 ]

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Notes and references (en) / (it) This article is partially or entirely taken from the articles titled in English “ Christina Dalcher ” ( see the list of authors ) [ archive ] [ archive ] and in Italian “ Christina Dalcher ” ( see the list of authors ) [ archive ] [ archive ] . “ Vox: feminist novel about the invisible power of words ”, on RTBF (consulted on [ archive ] May 7, 2023) (en) Susannah Butter, “ The woman behind The Handmaid's Tale 2.0 ”, Evening Standard ,July 31, 2018 ( read online , consulted on [ archive ]November 8, 2022) (en) «  From Norfolk's author of 'Vox', a new dystopian novel: "Femlandia"  », sure The Virginian-Pilot (consulted on [ archive ] November 8, 2022) Ilaria Zaffino, “ Christina Dalcher: “Dalla parte delle donne cattive” ”, La Repubblica ,November 7, 2022 ( read online , consulted on [ archive ]November 11, 2022) (it) Noemi Milani, “ Christina Dalcher al debuto con il romanzo distopico “Vox”: “Mi spaventa semper l’estrema vicinanza di religione e Stato” ”, on Il Libraio , [ archive ]September 2, 2018 (consulted theNovember 11, 2022) (en-US) «  Review | Donald Trump has made feminist dystopias great again ”, Washington Post ,August 21, 2018 ( ISSN 0190-8286 , read online , consulted on [ archive ]August 8, 2022) (en-US) jbindeck2015, “ Vox by Christina Dalcher Review ”, Den of Geek , [ archive ]September 13, 2018 (consulted theAugust 8, 2022) (in) «  Vox by Christina Dalcher: A dystopia where women are gagged  », The Irish Times (consulted on [ archive ] August 8, 2022) (in) David Canfield , “ Why are feminist dystopias so hot right now? An author sheds light ”, EW.com , [ archive ]August 22, 2018 (consulted theAugust 8, 2022) (in) Constance Grady , “ How 3 feminist dystopias are trying to update The Handmaid's Tale for today ”, Vox , [ archive ]August 29, 2018 (consulted theAugust 8, 2022) (in) «  In Norfolk author's "Vox," a nation where females are limited to 100 words a day  », The Virginian-Pilot (consulted on [ archive ] August 8, 2022) (in) Hannah Ens Ens , " Chilling exposition in 'Vox' doesn't erase convenient ending ", The Mercury (consulted on [ archive ] August 8, 2022) (in) Kibby Robinson · Books , “ Review: Master Class by Christina Dalcher ”, The Nerd Daily , [ archive ]April 15, 2020 (consulted theAugust 8, 2022) " 'Vox' author has a new alarming tale ", The Virginian-Pilot (consulted on [ archive ] August 8, 2022) (en) «  HQ snares 'propulsive' new thriller from Dalcher  », The Bookseller (consulted on [ archive ] August 8, 2022)