Emily Tesh

British fantasy and science fiction author who studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago before becoming a school classics teacher in Hertfordshire, England. Her debut novellas, Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country (the Greenhollow Duology), won the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she received the 2021 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her first novel, Some Desperate Glory (2023), won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The Incandescent (2025) was a finalist for the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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