The Biblical Myth: Christian Figures in Fiction
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From Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens, angels, demons, and the mortal people of the Bible have been
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From Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens, angels, demons, and the mortal people of the Bible have been cast in one story after another, from the silly to the serious to the satirical. Why do writers keep coming back to these characters, centuries or millennia later? How does the relationship to them change when we work with them as characters? Is this all technically Old Testament fanfiction? Join Anthony Oliveira, Jerrod Edson, and moderator Sonia Urlando as they discuss working with biblical figures in both retellings and new fiction.
Speakers for this event
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Anthony Oliveira
Anthony Oliveira
Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) is a multiple National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, film programmer, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the writer of Dayspring, the international bestselling story of the beloved disciple of Christ. His work is in a myriad of genres, often incorporating queer themes, and spans comics, prose, journalism, and academic research.
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Jerrod Edson
Jerrod Edson
Jerrod Edson is the author of six books. His most recent novel, The Boulevard —hailed by author Ian Colford as an “irreverent triumph”— features Ernest Hemingway, Vincent van Gogh, and Satan on a train ride through Hell. Edson was the recipient of the 2013 David Adams Richards Prize for his novella, The Moon is Real, while his novel, The Goon, was shortlisted for the 2011 Relit Award. He lives in Mississauga, ON, with his wife Leigh and daughters Hadley and Harper.
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Sonia Urlando
Sonia Urlando
Moderator
Sonia Urlando (she/her) is an editor, writer, and podcaster based in Toronto. She has a love of incisive questions, an affection for trickster figures, and a wealth of facts about greyhounds. You can find her at Augur Magazine, where she serves as a Senior Editor (Copy & Proofs) and hosts the newly-launched podcast Murmustations all about worldbuilding through speculative genres.
Moderator
Books
Augur
AuthorSonia Urlando (ed.)
Dayspring
AuthorAnthony Oliveira
The Boulevard
AuthorJerrod Edson
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Penguin Random House Canada
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