Stephen Markley

Stephen Govenndi Markley (born October 2, 1983 in Mount Vernon, Ohio) is an American journalist and author, whose work includes memoirs and novels. His first novel ''Ohio'' takes place during a single evening. His second novel ''The Deluge'' is a dystopian epic about climate change spanning the years 2013 through to the 2030s. The ''New York Times'' review said of it that the "dystopia is realistic and nuanced, grim but playful, setting Markley’s book apart from the tsunami of recent climate-change literature." ''The New York Times'' named ''The Deluge'' one of the 100 Notable Books of 2023.

Markley is reportedly working on an adaptation of ''Ohio'' for an HBO series to be produced by Sam Levinson. Provided by Wikipedia