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Nicola Griffith

  • Novelist. Essayist and Cultural activist, Freelance
Leeds, Seattle
As seen in: The New York Times, HuffPost, Nature, New Scientist, Literary Hub, Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature
Covers:  Books, Disability, Bias, Early Medieval History, Life Sciences
PhD. Novelist. Essayist. Early medieval, disability, life sciences, cats, books, ecosystems, beer! linktr.ee/nicolagriffith nicolagriffith.com

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Nicola Griffith’s Biography

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Nicola Griffith was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Her first paid work was on an archaeological dig—excavating a Roman villa near Helmsley—when she was 15. At 17 she went to the University of Leeds to study science but dropped out after a few months and moved to Hull, where she fronted a band, Janes Plane. She has studied several martial arts and, until her diagnosis with MS in 1993, worked as a women’s self-defence teacher. She has also taught a variety of creative writing workshops and co…

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Joan by Katherine J Chen review - a fresh portrait of Joan of Arc

Joan by Katherine J Chen review - a fresh portrait of Joan of Arc

he life of the woman we know today as Joan of Arc is astoundingly well documented. She was born circa 1412 in…

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It's 1468. Why Does the Village Priest Have an iPhone?

It's 1468. Why Does the Village Priest Have an iPhone?

Fiction When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. T…

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Opinion | Rewriting the Old Disability Script

Opinion | Rewriting the Old Disability Script

Disability | We changed queer literature, and the world, by writing our own stories. With disability, we can …

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5 Great Books by Women, Recommended by Nicola Griffith - Electric Literature

5 Great Books by Women, Recommended by Nicola Griffith - Electric Literature

Nicola Griffith, most recently the author of So Lucky, may have the distinction of being our first Read More …

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How to defeat an autocrat: flocking behaviour

How to defeat an autocrat: flocking behaviour

Autocrats have always understood how to silence dissent and take control: divide and conquer. I'm watching it…

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The Women You Didn't See: A Letter to Alice Sheldon - Los Angeles Review of Books

The Women You Didn't See: A Letter to Alice Sheldon - Los Angeles Review of Books

DEAR ALICE SHELDON, You were brilliant, I think, but consumed by the inevitability of the abattoir. In your f…

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Video of my Grand Master speech

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By Nicola Griffith
| nicolagriffith.com
I tend to think speeches are better witnessed than read (though if you’d like to read it, the transcript is here), so here’s the recording of the speech currently up on YouTube. It’s cued-up to start with my speech, which last about 7 minutes, though of course feel free to watch the whole 2+ hour extravaganza. I don’t know how long the video will stay up on YouTube—maybe forever, maybe just for another couple of weeks.
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Feast Day of James the Deacon

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By Nicola Griffith
| gemaecce.com
Those who have read Hild or Menewood know just how great an influence I suspect James the Deacon had on Hild. Today is his Feast Day.,, Frank Stenton considered James the only brave member of the original Roman mission to Britain led by Augustine.
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Aud is back! Cover reveal and preorder

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By Nicola Griffith
| nicolagriffith.com
Bookshop.org | Amazon.com | Apple Books | Barnes & Noble | Phinney Books | Target | Powell’s The three Aud novels (originally published between 1998 and 2007) are going to be reissued on 3 June, 2025, by MCD/Picador in beautiful matching editions—paper, ebook, and audio—just in time for Pride!, But wait! There’s more! Alongside the new editions will be three new Aud short fictions. I haven’t actually written them yet but the goal is for each to be about 10,000 words long.
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