Justin Cronin

Justin Cronin (2012)

Justin Cronin (* 1962 ) is an American writer .

Life

Justin Cronin grew up in New England , where he attended Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop . From 1992 to 2005 he taught creative writing and was the "Author in Residence" at La Salle University in Philadelphia . He currently resides in Houston with his wife and children , where he also teaches English at Rice University . His writing style is influenced by Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy .

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In 2001, Cronin's first novel Mary and O'Neil was published, which won the Hemingway Foundation PEN Award the following year . This was followed in 2004 The Summer Guest and 2010 then with The Passage (German as Transition ) of the first volume of a science-fiction - the trilogy , which shows a shattered in the near future pollution and ecological disasters America. This situation is made much worse by the outbreak of a South American bat- borne virus epidemic , with the sick mutating into vampire-like creatures. The survivors hide themselves in isolated settlements and try to cope with the consequences of the epidemic , with some of the infected developing superhuman abilities, some appearing to become immortal, others simply dying.

The New York Times reports that 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights The Passage for approximately $ 1.75 million. In addition to 20th Century Fox, three other film studios wanted the film rights for his book; Universal , Warner Brothers and Sony all offered prices around $ 1.25 million. Originally planned as a film with director Ridley Scott , it should then be a television series , since the two subsequent volumes had been published in the meantime. The US premiere took place on January 14, 2019 on FOX. After the first season with 10 episodes, the series was canceled. The first TV broadcast in Germany took place on January 8, 2020 on ProSieben .

Awards

2002 Hemingway Foundation PEN Award for Mary and O'Neil

bibliography

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1 The Passage (2010)
- German: The transition . Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-31170-5 . Also as an audio book: The transition. Read by David Nathan , Random House Audio, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-8371-0421-9 .
2 The Twelve (2012)
- German: The twelve . Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Goldmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-31179-8 . Also as an audio book: The Twelve. Read by David Nathan. Random House Audio, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-86717-939-3 .
3 The City of Mirrors (2016)
- German: The mirror city. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Goldmann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-442-31180-4 . Also as an audio book: Die Spiegelstadt. Read by David Nathan and Dietmar Wunder . Random House Audio, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-8445-2450-5 .
The Passage Trilogy (collective edition from 1–3; 2018)