Jeff VanderMeer on How Scientific Uncertainty Inspires His Weird Fiction

Few novelists are as adept at inspiring both horror and awe as Jeff VanderMeer. The author is perhaps best known for his award-winning Southern Reach series, of which the first three installments ... Read More

‘Annihilation’ author Jeff VanderMeer prepares for his ‘weird fiction’ to go Hollywood - Los Angeles Times

The bestselling "Area X" trilogy made Jeff VanderMeer America's foremost purveyor of "weird fiction." Now, with his novel "Annihilation" being released as a movie starring Natalie Portman, the ... Read More

Jeff VanderMeer Writes His Strangest Novel Yet - The New York Times

Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the poet laureate of weird fiction,” the “king of weird fiction” and “weird Thoreau.” So it’s notable that VanderMeer says his new novel ... Read More

Finally, a novel about weird science that's genuinely weird - Gizmodo

Jeff VanderMeer’s new novel Annihilation lures you in with a seriously intriguing mystery, then leaves you filled with incredible, delicious dread. It’s the tale of an ill-fated scientific ... Read More

Review: Jeff VanderMeer's reissued debut, 'Veniss Underground' - Los Angeles Times

In ‘The Weird,’ Ann and Jeff VanderMeer air the eerie Aug. 15, 2012 VanderMeer’s later writing rarely puts you quite so straightforwardly on the side of the able-bodied and unmonstrous. Read More

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk - Popular Science

VanderMeer has been busy ever since, publishing multiple novels and essays often centered on similar themes while vocally advocating for climate change solutions and conservation efforts from his ... Read More

Natural Novelist: Jeff VanderMeer’s weird fiction is grounded in a love of Earth’s ecology

The San Antonio Book Festival’s guest list features a bevy of literary giants, but only one author who’s written a book that includes a literally giant, flying bear. Titled for two mysterious ... Read More

Jeff VanderMeer painted a grotesque picture of climate change. Now he's back for more - NPR

Since publishing Annihilation and the subsequent Southern Reach novels, VanderMeer has become a poster child for fiction confronting climate change. Now he's back with a highly anticipated prequel. Read More

Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer on how his next novel is inspired by our dystopian present - The Verge

In August, fantasy author V.E. Schwab scored a million-dollar deal with Tor Books for four novels, while science fiction author John Scalzi signed a $3.4 million deal for 10 novels in 2015. Related ... Read More

What Science Fiction Master Jeff VanderMeer Is Listening to Right Now - Pitchfork

In Jeff VanderMeer’s fiction, bears can fly, mushrooms walk and talk, and nature itself is a vast, interconnected organism with the power to absorb and obliterate all traces of humanity ... Read More

‘Absolution’ author Jeff VanderMeer on writing Weird fiction - The Toronto Star

Weird is the word: Jeff VanderMeer on writing about the ecstatic unknown The author’s latest novel, “Absolution,” is the fourth in his Southern Reach series. Updated Nov. 25, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. Read More

'Annihilation' Author Jeff VanderMeer Shares the Secrets to Writing Great Imaginative Fiction - Space.com

Aspiring writers of "imaginative fiction" — whether science fiction, fantasy or other kinds — are in for a treat: a new update to the fiction-writing guide "Wonderbook," by Jeff VanderMeer ... Read More