![]() ![]() His entire life he’s been “elevated,” but today, the day of the book, is when he finally glimpses the full potential of his mind. So, Pearl, to me, is a living creature that finds himself capable of traversing that space, of experiencing both states of mind. Not the differences so much as the irreconcilable differences. Now, that space between those intelligences… that’s fun. ![]() I’m interested in what I’ve come to think of as the space “between intelligences”, the idea that we are no smarter than animals and animals are no smarter than us, that our minds work in different ways and so therefore there’s a canyon (or a distance anyway) between how we process, how we exist. How do you give a voice to non-human characters? How do you keep the voice consistent? In your new novel, PEARL (Del Rey, October 12), an unusual suspect-a pig-might just be responsible for the grisly havoc on Walter Kopple’s farm. This Month, NLA had the pleasure of interviewing Kristin Nelson’s client Josh Malerman, author of recently released novel Pearl and New York Times bestselling novel Bird Box. ![]()
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