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Emily Tesh

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Emily Tesh is a science fiction and fantasy author. She won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel for her first novel, Some Desperate Glory.^[1]^[2] She won the World Fantasy Award in the novella category in 2020, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2021.

Biography

Tesh is from London. She attended Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago. She lives in Hertfordshire and is a school classics teacher.^[3]^[4]

Awards and recognition

Winner, Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2024^[1]
Winner, World Fantasy Award—Novella, 2020^[5]
Winner, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, 2021^[6]
Finalist, Crawford Award, 2020.^[7]
Shortlisted, Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2024^[8]
Finalist, Locus Award for Best First Novel, 2024^[9]

Selected publications

Greenhollow Duology
- Silver in the Wood, (2019, Tor: ISBN 9781250229793)
- Drowned Country, (2020, Tor: ISBN 9781250756602)
Some Desperate Glory, (2023, Orbit: ISBN 9780356517179)

References

^ ^a ^b "2024 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ Fraser, Katie (12 August 2024). "Emily Tesh and Ann Leckie triumph at the Hugo Awards 2024". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Emily Tesh, Author at Reactor". Reactor. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ Byron, Emily (August 17, 2021). "Acquisition Announcement: SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh". Orbit Books. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "World Fantasy Awards 2020". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "2021 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2021-12-18. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
^ ""Muir Wins Crawford Award"". Locus. Feb 4, 2020. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
^ "Winners and shortlists: 2024". The Arthur C. Clarke Award. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

Official website
Tabler, Elizabeth (12 April 2023). "An Interview WIth Emily Tesh". Grimdark Magazine.

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Retro	The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (1939) Slan by A. E. van Vogt (1941) Beyond This Horizon by Anson MacDonald (1943) Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1944) Shadow Over Mars by Leigh Brackett (1945) The Mule by Isaac Asimov (1946) Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (1951) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1954)
1950s	The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (1953) They'd Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (1955) Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (1956) The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (1958) A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1959)
1960s	Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1960) A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1961) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1962) The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1963) Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak (1964) The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber (1965) Dune by Frank Herbert / ...And Call Me Conrad (aka: This Immortal) by Roger Zelazny (1966) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (1967) Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (1968) Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1969)
1970s	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971) To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (1972) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976) Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (1977) Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978) Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979)
1980s	The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980) The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1981) Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh (1982) Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (1983) Startide Rising by David Brin (1984) Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987) The Uplift War by David Brin (1988) Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh (1989)
1990s	Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990) The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (1991) Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (1992) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge / Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993) Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (1995) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996) Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1997) Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1998) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999)
2000s	A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (2000) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (2001) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002) Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2003) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (2006) Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2007) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009)
2010s	The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi / The City & the City by China Miéville (2010) Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011) Among Others by Jo Walton (2012) Redshirts by John Scalzi (2013) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014) The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (2015) The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (2016) The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019)
2020s	A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (2020) Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021) A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (2022) Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (2023) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (2024)

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