Professor of English and celebrated author Helen Phillips saw her latest novel, , hit the bookshelves on August 6, and it is already earning positive reviews, as TIME named it one of 鈥�25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer.鈥�
“Hum” is Helen Phillips’ sixth novel.
Phillips鈥� sixth novel is described by publisher Simon & Schuster as a 鈥渢ense dystopian thriller that captures an urgent and unflinching portrayal of a woman鈥檚 fight for her family鈥檚 security in a world shaped by global warming and rapid technological progress,鈥� and Vogue called it a 鈥渟triking new work of dystopian fiction鈥extured, intimate, and taut with dread.鈥� wrote: “This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips鈥檚 position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction.”
Phillips鈥� novel The Need was long listed for the National Book Award and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2019, and her story collection Some Possible Solutions received the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Her novel The Beautiful Bureaucrat was also a New York Times Notable Book (2015) and a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the New York Public Library鈥檚 Young Lions Award.
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Philips is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers鈥� Award, The Iowa Review Nonfiction Award, and the Italo Calvino Prize. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic and The New York Times, and on 鈥淪elected Shorts.鈥�
