Lauren Beukes

10 Shows That Make Apple TV+ a Must-Have for Sci-Fi Fans

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is just the latest genre show worth watching on the service, alongside the likes of Severance , For All Mankind , Silo , and more.

Cyberpunk Is Alive, Evolving, and More Relevant Than Ever

Sci-fi author Lavanya Lakshminarayan explains how cyberpunk continues to thrive in South Asian literature.

Shining Girls Author Lauren Beukes Reveals Bridge, Her New Multiverse Tale

io9 chats with the author and reveals the cover for the speculative fiction novel, which comes out in August 2023.

Elisabeth Moss Tracks a Mysterious Menace in Apple TV+ Thriller Shining Girls

The series is based on Lauren Beukes' best-seller about a time-traveling serial killer.

Shining Girls is a Violent, Trippy Mystery Through Time

Lauren Beukes' time traveling murder tale comes to the streaming screen.

Imitation Game Director Morten Tyldum Might Direct The Shining Girls 

Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum’s next film Passengers is coming out later this year, but it appears that he’s set his sights on a new project: an adaptation of Lauren Beukes’ novel, The Shining Girls. When we last heard about the project, it was going to be a television series, but it seems that it’s…

We adored Lauren Beukes’ supernatural thriller Broken Monsters, and now it looks like it may become a TV show. Deadline is reporting that Additional Dialogue has acquired the book to adapt as a drama series.

Lauren Beukes Explains How to Tell Great Stories About The Internet

We live much of our lives online — and even the parts we don’t are still touched in hundreds of ways by our digital presences. And yet TV, movies, and books struggle to portray the crossover between our digital and physical worlds in a way that feels real. Here, author Lauren Beukes gives us her…

Broken Monsters Author Lauren Beukes Is Here To Take Your Questions!

Lauren Beukes, the author of Broken Monsters, is here to answer our questions about her latest novel, telling supernatural stories set in modern cities, and writing about characters with rich digital lives. In addition to Broken Monsters (which you can read our review of right here ), Beukes is also the author of bestseller The…

Don’t Miss the Gothic Internet Horror of Broken Monsters

Lauren Beukes’ new novel Broken Monsters is about the dark forces that awaken in abandoned places — and abandoned people — when they yearn for the kind of attention they once had. Set in the back alleys and art warehouses of Detroit, it’s a supernatural thriller that will disturb you in all the right ways.…

It’s Ridiculous To Say Science Fiction Books Aren’t Based On Real Life

One of the most annoying fallacies about science fiction and fantasy books is that they’re less connected to reality than “realistic” fiction. In fact, SF and fantasy authors draw on real experiences and facts all the time, as some of the top authors told Jeff VanderMeer. Writing in the L.A. Times, VanderMeer talks to Ann…

In Lauren Beukes’ New Novel, A Monster Dreams Of “Remaking The World”

Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls was a bestseller and has been optioned for television — and now, here’s the first details about her next novel, Broken Monsters. It’s about broken cities, and the monster who dreams of “violently remaking the world.” The newly revealed cover is above, via Super Punch. And here’s the synopsis: A…

A chart that explains time travel in Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls

There are a few basic ways that time travel works in stories. For the paperback release of Lauren Beukes’ time travel serial killer tale The Shining Girls, artists Adam Hill and Sam Wilson put this chart together. It explains The Shining Girls — and oh so much more. Beukes told io9: When I wrote The…

She survived future wars, but can she survive her own fancy brothel?

In Kieran Shea’s novel Koko Takes a Holiday, Koko Martstellar has retired as a mercenary after living through some of the most intense warfare imaginable. Her reward? Running a luxury brothel full of simulated violence and weirdness. Until it all starts going south. Here’s the first ever excerpt. Titan Books, which is putting out Koko…

If you’re a science fiction writer in South Africa,you can get your story judged by Lauren Beuekes and maybe win a cash prize along with publication.

Lauren Beukes is here answering your questions from 12-1 PM today!

In June, the io9 book club read Lauren Beukes’ haunting novel The Shining Girls. Now, Beukes is here today from 12-1 to answer your questions about this book, her previous work (Moxyland and Zoo City), and anything else (on topic!) you want to ask. Start posting your questions in comments below, and Beukes will get…

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about The Shining Girls.

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In June, we read Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the…

io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 7/2 to Discuss The Shining Girls

In June, we’re reading Lauren Beukes’ intense time-traveling serial killer novel The Shining Girls. (Our review of it is here.) We’ll meet July 2 to discuss it, and we hope Beukes will join us later that week for a discussion! https://gizmodo.com/the-shining-girls-is-one-of-the-best-serial-killer-tale-508274918 What is this io9 Book Club all about? We meet once a month and…

Lauren Beukes’ amazing serial killer novel will become a TV series

We loved Lauren Beukes’ time traveling serial killer novel, The Shining Girls, which comes out next week. Now Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way has just acquired it to develop for television. https://gizmodo.com/the-shining-girls-is-one-of-the-best-serial-killer-tale-508274918 According to The Hollywood Reporter: MRC and LeonardoDiCaprio’s Appian Way are teaming up to adapt The Shining Girls, written by Lauren Beukes…

The Shining Girls is one of the best serial killer tales ever written

Lauren Beukes won critical acclaim for her first two novels, Zoo City and Moxyland, both of which were urban fantasies set in her native South Africa. Now she’s set her imagination loose on a different continent, to explore the inner life of a serial killer in Chicago who figures out how to travel through time.…