Emily Tesh

Emily Tesh grew up in London. Tesh has stated that she has written stories since she was a child.{{Cite web |last=Rega |first=Konstantin |date=2023-03-29 |title=Emily Tesh Interview |url=https://virginialiving.com/culture/emily-tesh-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Virginia Living}}

Tesh attended Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago. She lives in Hertfordshire and is a school classics teacher.{{cite web |title=Emily Tesh, Author at Reactor |url=https://reactormag.com/author/emily-tesh/ |website=Reactor |access-date=12 August 2024}}{{cite news

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Tesh's first published works were the novellas Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country, in the Greenhollow Duology.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-08-14 |title=Emily Tesh Talks Pratical Folklore, Fanfic, and How Witch's Potions Relate to Worldbuilding in Reddit AMA! |url=https://reactormag.com/emily-tesh-drowned-country-ama/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Reactor}} Silver in the Wood is an adaptation of the Green Man English tale.{{Cite web |last=Lou |first=Jo |date=2025-02-26 |title=8 Queer Retellings of Classic Stories |url=https://electricliterature.com/8-queer-retellings-of-classic-stories/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Electric Literature}} Author Katharine Coldiron described it as an "utterly enchanting" tale centering queer romance and nature writing.{{Cite web |last=Coldiron |first=Katharine |date=2019-10-23 |title=Katharine Coldiron Reviews Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/10/katharine-coldiron-reviews-silver-in-the-wood-by-emily-tesh/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Locus Online}} The story won the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-12-04 |title=2020 World Fantasy Convention Report |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/12/2020-world-fantasy-convention-report/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Locus Online}}

Tesh's first novel, Some Desperate Glory, earned praise from critics and the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Adam |date=2023-12-06 |title=Five of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/06/five-of-the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-of-2023 |access-date=2025-05-04 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Boussard |first=Drew |date=2024-08-12 |title=Here are the winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards. |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2024-hugo-awards/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Literary Hub}}{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Alexandra |date=2023-04-21 |title=Alexandra Pierce Reviews Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh |url=https://locusmag.com/2023/04/alexandra-pierce-reviews-some-desperate-glory-by-emily-tesh/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Locus Online}} It is a science-fiction novel focusing on the choices that the protagonist, Kyr, must make during a devastating war after having been raised in a fascist, militaristic society. It is a queer story and subverts classic tropes from the space opera and bildungsroman genres.{{Cite web |last=Tabler |first=Elizabeth |date=2023-04-12 |title=An Interview WIth Emily Tesh |url=https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/an-interview-with-emily-tesh/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Grimdark Magazine}}

Tesh's next novel, The Incandescent, was released in May 2025. It is a fantasy novel following Dr. Walden, who is Director of Magic at a British boarding school. In handling the demonic mistakes of her students and her own missteps, Dr. Walden is forced to question and confront her own self-image.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-29 |title=The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: Review by Liz Bourke |url=https://locusmag.com/2025/04/the-incandescent-by-emily-tesh-review-by-liz-bourke/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Locus Online}} Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, describing it as a "thoughtful exploration of privilege, power, and private school education."{{Cite web |date= |title=The Incandescent by Emily Tesh |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250835017 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Publishers Weekly}} Critic Liz Bourke described it as a brilliant novel, "that marries the energy and verve and peril of the best of the fantasy genre with the understated, literary examination of interior and professional lives."

• Winner, World Fantasy Award—Novella, 2020{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2020 |title=World Fantasy Awards 2020 |work=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=2020-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023030356/http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2020 |archive-date=2022-10-23 |url-status=live}}
• Winner, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, 2021{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ |title=2021 Hugo Awards |date=2021-12-18 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2022-01-03 |archive-date=2022-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103115504/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live}}
• Finalist, Crawford Award, 2020."{{cite news|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/02/muir-wins-crawford-award/|title=Muir Wins Crawford Award |work=Locus|date=Feb 4, 2020|access-date=2023-11-07}}
• Shortlisted, Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2024{{cite web |title=Winners and shortlists: 2024 |url=https://www.clarkeaward.com/#about |website=The Arthur C. Clarke Award |access-date=12 August 2024}}
• Finalist, Locus Award for Best First Novel, 2024{{cite web |title=2024 Locus Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/06/2024-locus-awards-winners/ |website=Locus Online |access-date=12 August 2024 |date=23 June 2024}}
• Winner, Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2024

• Greenhollow Duology
• Silver in the Wood, (2019, Tor: {{ISBN|9781250229793}})
• Drowned Country, (2020, Tor: {{ISBN|9781250756602}})
• Some Desperate Glory, (2023, Orbit: {{ISBN|9780356517179}})
• The Incandescent, (2025, Tor: {{ISBN|9781250835017}})

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• {{official website|https://emilytesh.net/}}
• {{cite news |last1=Tabler |first1=Elizabeth |title=An Interview WIth Emily Tesh |url=https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/an-interview-with-emily-tesh/ |access-date= |work=Grimdark Magazine |date=12 April 2023}}

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