Debut author wins Clarke award
The winner of the 35th Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year has been announced as The Animals in That Country, the debut novel by Laura Jean McKay.
Commenting on her, rather than in the usual live ceremony – Laura said it was a ‘momentous honour’ adding: ‘This is an award for readers and writers who share a love of literature that dares to imagine sideways, backwards and future worlds to try to make sense of the world that we live in now. Speculative fiction – the sort of sci-fi that I adore – is particularly reflective of our times because it’s often set realistically, with extraordinary events (pandemics! Extinction! Talking animals!)
