Station Eleven is set in a post-pandemic world. It gained popularity during COVID-19

Emily St. John Mandel's reflects on how Station Eleven — a novel set against the fallout of a devastating pandemic that kills the majority of the world's population — propelled her career, the awkwardness of being cast as prescient and how she feels about the book now, having lived through an actual pandemic.

Station Eleven is set in a post-pandemic world. It gained popularity during COVID-19
Split image with a headshot of an adult woman with short red-brown hair on the left, and a book cover on the right with the title Station Eleven.

Emily St. John Mandel's reflects on how Station Eleven — a novel set against the fallout of a devastating pandemic that kills the majority of the world's population — propelled her career, the awkwardness of being cast as prescient and how she feels about the book now, having lived through an actual pandemic.