Nicola Griffith

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Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith (2014)
Nicola Griffith (2014)
Born (1960-09-30) 30 September 1960 (age 63)
Yorkshire, England
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story author
  • essayist
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom and United States
Period1987–present
GenreFiction
Website
nicolagriffith.com

Nicola Griffith (/ˈnɪkələ ˈɡrɪfɪθ/; born 30 September 1960) is a British-American[1] novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award, Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, World Fantasy Award and six Lambda Literary Awards.

Personal life[edit]

Early life[edit]

Griffith was born 30 September 1960 in Leeds, to Margaret and Eric Griffith.[2]

Griffith's earliest surviving literary efforts include an illustrated booklet she was encouraged to create to prevent her from making trouble among her fellow nursery school students.[2] : 17  At age eleven she won a BBC student poetry prize and read aloud her winning work for radio broadcast.

Her early reading included the works of such novelists as Henry Treece[3] and Rosemary Sutcliff;[4][5] fantastic fiction including the works of E.E. Smith, Frank Herbert, and J.R.R. Tolkien; nonfiction and history — Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was a particular favorite;[3].

By the late 1980s, Griffith had begun experiencing symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), though her illness remained undiagnosed. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in March 1993.[5]

While studying at Michigan State University, Griffith met and fell in love with fellow writer Kelley Eskridge.[5] On 4 September 1993, Griffith and Eskridge announced their commitment ceremony in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[6] perhaps the first same-sex commitment announcement the paper had published. Griffith and Eskridge were legally married 4 September 2013.

Griffith wanted citizenship so she could remain in the country with her wife, but because she was a lesbian, she couldn't receive citizenship through marriage, and all other pathways were closed.[7] After much effort, Griffith received permission to live and work in the United States based on her "importance as a writer of lesbian/science fiction," making her the first out lesbian to receive a National Interest Waiver.[5] Her immigration resulted in a new law, and she is now a dual US/UK citizen.[8]

In 2017, after completing her thesis, entitled "Norming the Queer: Narrative Empathy via Focalized Heterotopia," Griffith received her PhD by publication from the University of East Anglia.[8][9]

By late 1987 Griffith, made her first professional fiction sale: "Mirrors and Burnstone" to Interzone. Her debut novel, Ammonite, received several offers from publishers, including St. Martin's Press, Avon Press, and Del Rey Books.[5] Griffith has since published nine full-length novels, a memoir, and numerous short stories and novellas.

In 2015, Griffith "founded the Literary Prize Data working group whose purpose initially was to assemble data on literary prizes in order to get a picture of how gender bias operates within the trade publishing ecosystem."[10]

In 2015 she began #CripLit, an online community for disabled writers."[10]

Awards and honors[edit]

Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
1993 Ammonite BSFA Award Shortlist [11]
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner [12][13]
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy Winner [14]
Touching Fire James Tiptree, Jr. Award Longlist [15]
1994 Ammonite Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist [16]
Locus Award for First Novel Shortlist [17]
1995 "Yaguara" Nebula Award for Best Novella Nominee [18]
1996 Slow River Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner [19]
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Finalist [20]
1998 Bending the Landscape Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Winner [21]
1999 The Blue Place Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel Nominee [22]
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Winner [23]
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Other Work Winner [22]
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Winner [23]
2000 Slow River Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame Winner [24]
2002 Bending the Landscape: Horror Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Other Work Winner [25]
Lambda Literary Award for Anthology Finalist [26]
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Finalist [26]
2003 Stay Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist [27]
2005 With Her Body Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Other Work Finalist [28]
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Finalist [29]
2008 And Now We Are Going to Have a Party Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography Winner [30][31]
2010 "It Takes Two" Hugo Award for Best Novelette Finalist [32]
2013 Hild Bisexual Book Award for Bisexual Fiction Shortlist [33]
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honor [34][35]
Nebula Award for Best Novel Finalist [36]
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Shortlist [37]
Washington State Book Award Winner [38]
2018 So Lucky Over the Rainbow Booklist Top 10 [39]
2019 So Lucky Tournament of Books Shortlist [40]
2019 So Lucky Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Shortlist [41]
2023 Spear Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist [42]

Publications[edit]

Fiction[edit]

  • Ammonite, Del Rey, ISBN 0345452380 (1992)
  • Slow River, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0345395379 (1995)
  • So Lucky, MCD x FSG Originals, ISBN 9780374265922 (2018)
  • Spear, Tordotcom, ISBN 9781250819321 (2022)

Aud Torvingen series[edit]

The Hild Sequence series[edit]

Nonfiction[edit]

  • And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer's Early Life, Payseur & Schmidt ISBN 9780978911416 (2007)

Anthologies[edit]

Short fiction[edit]

  • An Other Winter's Tale (1987)
  • Mirrors and Burnstone (1988)
  • The Other (1989)
  • We Have Met the Alien (1990)
  • The Voyage South (1990)
  • Down the Path of the Sun (1990)
  • Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese (1991)
  • Wearing My Skin (1991)
  • Touching Fire (1993)
  • Yaguara (1994)
  • A Troll Story (2000)
  • With Her Body, Aqueduct Press (2004, a collection containing Touching Fire, Songs of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese, and Yaguara)
  • It Takes Two (2009)
  • Cold Wind, Tor Books, ISBN 9781466871342 (2014)[43]

Critical studies and reviews of Griffith's work[edit]

  • Holland, Cecelia (December 2013). "Locus Looks at Books : Divers Hands". Locus (635): 22. Review of Hild.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Griffith, Nicola (27 February 2013). "I am now an American citizen". Nicola Griffith. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Griffith, Nicola (2007). And Now We Are Going to Have a Party, Volume 1: Limb of Satan. Seattle: Payseur & Schmidt. ISBN 0-9789114-1-5
  3. ^ a b "If you like the Aud books you might like …,", "Ask Nicola". Retrieved 10 March 2014
  4. ^ "The Makers of Britain" by Nicola Griffith. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e van de Kruisweg, Ruud (1994). "Interview from HOLLAND SF". Nicola Griffith. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Commitment - Griffith-Eskridge". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 19 September 1993. p. L3.
  7. ^ Griffith, Nicola (13 October 2008). "Virgin birth (yes, really)". Nicola Griffith. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Nicola Griffith". Angela Ruskin University. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. ^ Griffith, Nicola (4 July 2017). "The story of my PhD, Part 1: Opportunity". Nicola Griffith. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b "About". Nicola Griffith. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  11. ^ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ^ Lothian, Alexis (1 January 2020). "Jeanne Gomoll Retires from Motherboard « Otherwise Award". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. ^ Notkin, Debbie (13 April 2017). "1993 Otherwise Award « Otherwise Award". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. ^ "5th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 14 July 1993. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. ^ Notkin, Debbie (12 March 2010). "1993 Long List « Otherwise Award". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Arthur C. Clarke Award 1994". science fiction awards database. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Locus Awards 1994". science fiction awards database. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  18. ^ "1995 Nebula Awards®". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  19. ^ "1996 Nebula Awards®". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  20. ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (15 July 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  21. ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (15 July 1998). "10th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  22. ^ a b "1999 Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  23. ^ a b Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (15 July 1999). "11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  24. ^ "2000 Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  25. ^ "2002 Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  26. ^ a b Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (10 July 2002). "14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  27. ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (10 July 2003). "15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  28. ^ "2005 Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  29. ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (9 July 2005). "17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  30. ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (30 April 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  31. ^ "2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced". McNally Robinson Booksellers. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  32. ^ "2010 Hugo Awards Winners". Locus Online. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  33. ^ "2013 Bisexual Book Awards Winners". Locus Online. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  34. ^ Notkin, Debbie (31 October 2014). "The 2013 Tiptree Award winner has been selected! « Otherwise Award". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  35. ^ Notkin, Debbie (31 October 2014). "2013 Honor List « Otherwise Award". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  36. ^ "2013 Nebula Awards®". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  37. ^ "2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists". Locus Online. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  38. ^ "Griffith Wins Washington State Book Award". Locus Online. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  39. ^ Jarnagin, Briana (30 January 2019). "2019 Over the Rainbow List released, over 100 fiction and non-fiction titles". News and Press Center. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  40. ^ "2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist". Locus Online. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  41. ^ "2019 Shortlist". Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  42. ^ "The 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  43. ^ "Cold Wind". 16 April 2014.

External links[edit]

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