Unexpected sequels: Writers' happy and unhappy returns

Audrey Niffenegger is writing a followup to The Time Traveler's Wife. What other sequels would you like to see?

Audrey Niffenegger spoke at the World Science Fiction Convention on Friday about the sequel to her mega-bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife that she's currently working on - the book started out as a little extra for the digital edition, but according to a Reddit Q&A Niffenegger did earlier this year, she "got a bit obsessed" and "decided to keep working on it".

The author has said that the sequel will be based on the life of the daughter of the original time traveller, Henry. Alba, she's said, will be "mostly" an adult in the book, which is "about her relationships (she is married to two very different men) and her family life and her struggles with making music". Society now knows about "Chrono-Displacement" - the ability to time travel she told Reddit: "Oliver, one of Alba's husbands, is from the second half of the 21st century, so he has seen much more evolution in society's ideas about time travel."

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