Emily Tesh Explained

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
• 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:)
  • Drowned Country, (2020, Tor:)
• Some Desperate Glory, (2023, Orbit:)

External links

• • News: Tabler . Elizabeth . An Interview WIth Emily Tesh . Grimdark Magazine . 12 April 2023 . en-AU.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 Hugo Awards . The Hugo Award . 12 August 2024 . 4 February 2024.
2. News: Fraser . Katie . Emily Tesh and Ann Leckie triumph at the Hugo Awards 2024 . 12 August 2024 . The Bookseller . 12 August 2024 . En.
3. Web site: Emily Tesh, Author at Reactor . Reactor . 12 August 2024.
4. News: Byron . Emily . August 17, 2021 . Acquisition Announcement: SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh . . 2023-11-06.
5. Web site: World Fantasy Awards 2020 . . . 2020-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023030356/http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2020 . 2022-10-23 . live.
6. Web site: 2021 Hugo Awards . 2021-12-18 . World Science Fiction Society . 2022-01-03 . 2022-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103115504/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ . live .
7. "News: Muir Wins Crawford Award" . Locus. Feb 4, 2020. 2023-11-07.
8. Web site: Winners and shortlists: 2024 . The Arthur C. Clarke Award . 12 August 2024 . en.
9. Web site: 2024 Locus Awards Winners . Locus Online . 12 August 2024 . 23 June 2024.