Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Charlie and George are 4

Charlie and George are 4. I’ll let Charlie explain using interpretive dance…

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Posted on May 22, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy Birthday to Spear!

SPEAR is one year old! The first in a series of posts about the things I loved about the book, publication, reception, and more.

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Posted on April 23, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Me at 62

It’s my birthday. I’m crap at selfies but here’s one of me looking a cross between bored and homicidal, plus a Zoom screencap taken this morning.

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Posted on September 30, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy Birthday to Kelley

Today is Kelley’s birthday. Once again I feel so glad we met and that she took a chance on me. She is…

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Posted on September 21, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The best birthday present you could give me

Today is my birthday. Tomorrow, Hild is out in paperback in the UK. The best present you could give me? Go buy it!

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Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Daffodil means spring

Tomorrow would have been my mother’s birthday.

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Posted on April 3, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Birthday, and Hild morsels

Today is my birthday. I intend to loaf about eating croissants, drinking coffee, and people watching, followed by Champagne and whatever other…

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Posted on September 30, 2013 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Weather drama

Yesterday morning was full of sunshine. We immediately scrapped our plans and went to the park–because at the end of September, every…

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Posted on October 1, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy Birthday to The Most Fabulous Being on the Planet!

Today is Kelley’s birthday. Last year we did a marathon ten-day jubilee celebration. This year will be saner. Today there’s a movie,…

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Posted on September 21, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Grief and its anniversaries

Just over a week ago it was the 22nd anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. I forgot. I have mixed feelings…

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Posted on October 2, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Kingdom of the Spiders

Today’s my birthday. I should probably post something Deeply Meaningful but I find I’m not in the mood and because it’s my…

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Posted on September 30, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Holy cloud, batbeing…

KOMOnews.com Look at the forecast. Look at the icon for my birthday: an unadorned round shining sun. I am gasping with disbelief…

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Posted on September 28, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Our ten-day birthday jubilee

KOMOnews.com Look at that weather forecast: some sun every day, even into October. If it turns out to be true, this will…

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Posted on September 26, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Birthday

Happy birthday to Kelley. We have Many Plans for the day. Mostly, though, I’m looking forward to spending every waking minute inside…

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Posted on September 21, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

TiVo your life

Apparently, you can now TiVo real life. From Fast Company: Ever see something you wish you had on film? Say, a miraculous…

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Posted on September 16, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Birthday feast with dancing girls

Kelley and I both have big birthdays coming up at the end of the month. On my 30th birthday, I told Kelley…

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Posted on September 9, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

birthday goodness

Yesterday was Consume Good Things day at the Griffith-Eskridge household. It started with a cup of tea in bed and just got…

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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

birthdays and silver linings

On Wednesday my computer started making horrible grinding noises. On Thursday, the city, doing work up the street, abruptly cut our power…

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Posted on September 21, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite’s sweet sixteen

Ammonite was published in the US in February 1993 and in the UK a month later. So today is (more or less)…

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Posted on March 1, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

wow, lots o’ gifts

It was my birthday last week and gifts have poured in from readers: wonderful visual art of various kinds, nifty toys, and…

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Posted on October 5, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

exactly one year ago

A year ago tonight I sat down at this keyboard and wrote the first paragraph of a novel about Hild of Whitby….

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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A glad day

Today is Kelley‘s birthday. I’m glad she was born. I’m also glad she loves life enough to live it to the full,…

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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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