Emily Tesh

Emily Tesh
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Emily Tesh is a British science fiction and fantasy author who grew up in London and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Chicago. She works as a school classics teacher and lives in Hertfordshire. Her debut novellas, Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country (the Greenhollow duology), won the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. Her first full-length novel, Some Desperate Glory, won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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Emily Tesh is best known for her atmospheric, folkloric novellas, particularly "Silver in the Wood" and "Drowned Country," which explore themes of queer romance and ancient, powerful magic within a gothic setting.
Emily Tesh's "Greenhollow Duology" consists of "Silver in the Wood" followed by "Drowned Country." While they share a world and some characters, each novella can also be enjoyed as a standalone story.





