‘We all just want to be people, and none of us know what that really means.’ Jeff VanderMeer’s Rachel summarises the theme of his latest book best. But with the arrival of the strange, jellyfish-like creature they call Borne, the couple’s uneasy existence encounters a challenge like none before. Huddled in this chemically blighted, life-draining landscape, Rachel and Wick persist at living - he makes biotech to protect their lair, she scavenges for food and tech that will help them survive. Children with claws, invisible foxes and the overlord of them all: the enormous, flying bear, Mord. VanderMeer is repped by Gersh for film and television and CookeMcDermid for publishing.The Company has destroyed the city, and in its ruins roam the deformed outcasts of its experiments.
VanderMeer also penned the novel Shriek: An Afterword. Vandermeer also is the author of the bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy.The first novel in the trilogy, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards and was adapted into a feature film by director Alex Garland. Dead Astronauts has already received wide-spread critical acclaim, including making Esquire’s list of the best books of the year. Clarke Award, and has been named an NEA Big Read.
A national bestseller, Borne was praised as one of the “Best Books of 2017,” was a finalist for the Arthur C. The Borne books are published by MCD at Farrar Straus and Giroux. “The Borne Universe is a totally unique piece of IP and Jeff has created a vivid postapocalyptic world with enormous opportunity for a visual medium like television,” said Ben Davis, executive vice president of programming for AMC Studios. “I’ve had such productive, energizing, and creative conversations with the wonderful folks involved and look forward to the road ahead.” “I’m so excited about this partnership and working with AMC on the Borne universe,” VanderMeer said.
'Diligence' Drama From Sheldon Turner & Jennifer Klein In Works At AMC Jeff VanderMeer Courtesy of Jeff Vandermeer
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