Following more than 4 years as senior director of clinical development at Kyowa Kirin Pharma, Inc., in La Jolla, California, Dr. Mark Paskewitz assumed his current position as vice president of the National Institute of Clinical Research, Inc., in Los Angeles. Outside of work, Dr. Mark Paskewitz is an avid reader. His favorite topics include art and history, although he also follows politics in France and Spain.

In the somewhat near future, lovers of history and the arts will have a unique opportunity to experience and analyze historical works of art without the groundwork of modern criticism. Unfortunately, readers will need to wait until 2114 to take part in the experience. The Future Library project was launched in 2014, and will continue for a century. Each year, a prominent writer is selected to author a story or novel that will remain completely unread until 2114, at which point a limited anthology series will be printed using paper from 100 trees planted in Nordmarka forest at the start of the project.

Prior to the unveiling, the series will be housed in a special room at Oslo Public Library, known as the Silent Room. Margaret Atwood, best known for Cat’s Eye, Oryx and Crake, and The Handmaid’s Tale, was the first author to pen a manuscript for the Future Library project, turning in Scribbler Moon in May of 2015. Other contributions include David Mitchell’s From Me Flows What You Call Time, and The Last Taboo by Elif Shafak. In October of 2019, Karl Ove Knausgard was announced as the next author. In the summer of 2020, he will turn in his manuscript as part of a special ceremony in the Nordmarka forest.