Location: Canada
Member Since: May 15, 2014

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Su J. Sokol

Biography

Su J  Sokol is a social rights advocate, a freelance editor, and a writer of speculative, liminal, and interstitial fiction. A former legal services lawyer from New York City, xe now makes Montréal xyr home. Sokol is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum, which was long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and has been optioned for development into a feature-length film, Run J Run (2019), and Zee (2020). Sokol's short fiction has appeared or is upcoming in various magazines and anthologies including in The Future Fire, Spark: A Creative Anthology, Glittership: an LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Podcast, After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery (B Cubed Press), and Amazing Stories. When xe is not writing, battling slumlords, bringing evil bureaucracies to their knees, and smashing borders, Sokol curates and participates in readings and literary events in Canada and abroad.

Smashwords Interview

When did you first start writing?
I first started writing in the summer of 2011, after completing three years of working at my job full-time and having 25% of my pay set aside for a pre-paid sabbatical. During this sabbatical, I completed my first draft of Cycling to Asylum and I also had my first short story, "Je me souviens", published.
What's the story behind your latest book?
This is the story of a family in the near future who are forced to flee a dystopic New York City. They cross into Québec from the United States by bicycle and ask for refugee status. The story is written from the present tense, first person perspective of the four main characters, including two children, but this is an adult novel. Cycling to Asylum is a tale of activism, a cycling adventure, a family drama and an outside-of-the-box love story. There are parts that are dark but the book also has humour, and ultimately, it is full of hope. I came up with the story one day while biking home from my job at a community organization that works with immigrants and refugees, among others.
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Where to find Su J. Sokol online

Website: http://www.sujsokol.com
Twitter: @sujsokol

Where to buy in print

http://www.deuxvoilierspublishing.com/#!cycling-to-asylum/c1lsc

Books

Cycling to Asylum by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 110,300. Language: English. Published: May 15, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Alternative history
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In a near-future, dystopian New York City, a family is forced to flee. They cross the border by bicycle into Quebec and apply for refugee status.

Su J. Sokol's tag cloud

activism    cycling    family drama    interstitial fiction    montreal    new york    political action    queer characters    speculative fiction