like my guest today, novelist and computer games creator naomi alderman. her latest story is an apocalyptic techno thriller. is the apocalypse that she imagines all too possible? naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i want to start at the beginning. you were raised in a very traditional, observant orthodoxjewish community in north london where, i think it's fair to say, women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. you use it loudly. how difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away? now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. however, my father is a professor of history. so from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, "the beauty of a woman is in her silence." so, yes. and you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff you've written about your past, where at school, every morn

naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i want to start at the beginning.ou were raised in a very traditional, observant orthodoxjewish community in north london where, i think it's fair to say, women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. you use it loudly. how difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away? now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. however, my father is a professor of history. so from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, "the beauty of a woman is in her silence." so, yes. and you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff you've written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, "thank you, god, for not making me a slave." and then the boys said, "thank you, god, for not making me a woman." yes. and the girls say, "thank you, god, for making me according to y

naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i want to start at the beginning.en and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice.

naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i want to start at the beginning.men and girls were expected,