Author: sarahpinsker

“Taut and elegant, carefully introspected and thoughtfully explored.”—The New York TimesFrom Hugo award-winning author Sarah Pinsker comes a novel about one family and the technology that divides them. Everybody’s getting one. Val and Julie just want what’s best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with … asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all.  Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace…

WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARDAfter a global pandemic makes public gatherings illegal and concerts impossible, except for those willing to break the law for the love of music—and for one chance at human connection.In the Before, when the government didn’t prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was on her way to becoming a … her way to becoming a star. Now, in the After, terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban concerts, and Luce’s connection to the world–her music, her…