Kelley Eskridge 
Solitaire 
a novel

The basis for the motion picture Other Life ·
New York Times Notable Book · Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist




‘A stylistic and psychological tour de force.’—
The New York Times Book Review


‘Suspenseful and inspiring.’—
School Library Journal




Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government. Soon she’ll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyone she loves. Then, just as she discovers that everything she knows is a lie, she becomes a pariah, a murderer: a person with no community and no future. Grief-stricken and alone, she is put into an experimental program designed to inflict the experience of years of solitary confinement in a few short months: virtual confinement in a sealed cell within her own mind. Afterward, branded and despised, she returns to a world she no longer knows. Struggling to make her way, she has a chance to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul—in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings called Solitaire.




Kelley Eskridge is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her stories have received the Astraea Award and been adapted for television and movies. She lives in Seattle with her partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.

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Kelley Eskridge: Kelley Eskridge’s novel
Solitaire was a
New York Times Notable Book and a Borders Books Original Voices selection, and a finalist for the Nebula, Spectrum, and Endeavour awards. Her stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan, won the Astraea Award and been finalists for the Nebula and James Tiptree awards. Her collection
Dangerous Space was published by Aqueduct Press. Her story “Alien Jane” was adapted for television and a film adaptation of
Solitaire titled
Other Life is in production by Cherry Road Films. She lives in Seattle, WA.