Nicola Griffith is a novelist living in Seattle. She is the author of six novels (Hild, Ammonite, Slow River, The Blue Place, Stay, and Always) and a multi-media memoir (And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner notes to a writer's early life), and co-editor of the Bending the Landscape series of original queer f/sf/h stories. She is the winner of the Washington State Book Award, Nebula, Tiptree, World Fantasy, and 6 Lambda Literary Awards among others.