Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith, PhD, is a dual US/UK citizen and the author of nine novels, including Hild, Spear, and Ammonite. In addition to her fiction and nonfiction (New York Times, Guardian, Nature) she is known for her data-driven 2015 work on bias in the literary ecosystem; as founder and co-host with Alice Wong, of #CripLit; and for her work on queering the early medieval and opening the past to all of us. Awards include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, two Washington State Book Awards, the Premio Italia, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Tiptree awards, the Outstanding Mid-Career Authors Prize, and six Lambda Literary Awards. In 2024 she was inducted into the Museum of Popular Culture’s Science Fiction + Fantasy Hall of Fame, and in 2025 named SFWA’s 41st Grand Master. With her wife, writer Kelley Eskridge, she lives in Seattle on the edge of a ravine and takes enormous delight in everything.

Represented by Stephanie Cabot.