Would you choose to die? Or are you a Lifer? Find out in the new novel, LIFERS
Welcome to Keith McWalter’s Official Website
Welcome to the official website of Keith McWalter, acclaimed author and essayist. Dive into his latest speculative fiction, “Lifers,” where the boundaries of human lifespan are pushed to unimaginable lengths. Follow the journey of three extraordinary women as they navigate a world transformed by radical longevity, facing challenges that redefine mortality. Stay connected, explore his writings, and join the conversation about the future of humanity. Pre-order “Lifers” today and be among the first to explore this gripping narrative.
Latest Release
Lifers
There came a day when the boomers stopped dying.
Early warnings went unheeded. Long-term care facilities filled to overflowing. Funeral homes and cemeteries began to close. Social Security imploded.
Now, in 2049, the “longevity plague” has engulfed the world. There are half a billion super-centenarians worldwide who should be dead but live on. They’re called Lingerers, or the Undead, or Lifers.
Amid the tumult, three extraordinary women—an ex-CIA microbiologist, a Washington lobbyist turned advocate for gray rights, and the lobbyist’s granddaughter, a philosopher of death and dying—navigate violent ageism, the politics of scarcity, love rivalries, and dreams of a super-centenarian utopia in a transgenerational struggle to redefine what it means to be mortal.
Available for purchase
“By the time Marion and Dan turned one hundred in 2049, there were over twenty million people their age or older in the US alone, and close to half a billion worldwide—the size of a major nation—who should have been dead by then but weren’t, who continued to haunt the world. And more coming up behind them, not dying either. Depending on one’s language, they began to be called Lingerers, or the Undead, or Lifers. Or worse things. Because they weren’t just a miracle; they were a crisis.”
– “Lifers” by Keith McWalter
About the Author
Keith G. McWalter
Keith McWalter’s first novel, When We Were All Still Alive, was published in 2021. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He’s the author of two blogs, Mortal Coil and Spoiled Guest, which present his essays and travel pieces to a loyal online following. A collection of his essays, No One Else Will Tell You: Letters from a Bi-Coastal Father, won a Writer’s Digest Award for nonfiction.
Keith is a graduate of Columbia Law School and earned a BA in English Literature from Denison University. He lives with his wife, Courtney, in Granville, Ohio, and Sanibel, Florida.
Other Books
