Playground
Kirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2024 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Four characters with connections to a remote Pacific island are linked by their different relationships to the sea and to an AI being developed on that island. A meditation on technology, environmentalism, and human connection. Kirkus Prize finalist.
About the Author
Richard PowersAmerican
Richard Powers was born on June 18, 1957, in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in Lincolnwood before moving to Bangkok at age eleven. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a BA in English in 1978 and an MA in 1980. Inspired by a 1914 photograph, he quit a programming job to write his debut novel Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985). Read more →
