Nicola Griffith

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

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Image description: Composite image of two book covers of So Lucky: A Novel, by Nicola Griffith. On the left, the UK edition. On a black background, a burning torch flames in orange and yellow up and across at least half the image. At the top, in between the flames are quotes from the Independent ‘a short, fast-paced whirlwind of a novel’ and BBC Culture‘a sophisticated thriller’. Below is the title, So Lucky in salmon-coloured type, and the author’s name, Nicola Griffith, in white. On the right, the US edition. The background is matte black with the title “So Lucky,” and the author’s name “Nicola Griffith,” in big uppercase type rendered as burning paper. In smaller, brighter letters between title and author is, “A novel,” and, below the writer’s name, “Author of Hild”

Neither Dying Nor Being Cured

This is the essay version of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture I gave last year at Ohio State University. It was first…

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Posted on October 9, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in 1-essays

The Fries Test for disabled characters in fiction

The Fries Test for fiction: Does a work have more than one disabled character. Do those character have their own narrative purpose? Are they not killed or cured?

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Posted on November 4, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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Top 15 posts of 2021

Here are the most popular posts of 2021.

  1. Men Are Afraid Women Will Laugh at Them
  2. Huge News: Multiple Sclerosis Is a Metabolic Disorder
  3. Spear
  4. Hild
  5. Spear Cover Reveal
  6. Fuck Off Into the Sun: I’m Done Being Excluded
  7. A List of Bookshops in the UK
  8. Books About Women Don’t Win Big Awards: Some Data
  9. Menewood!!
  10. Kitten Report #11: Seven Months Old Today
  11. So Lucky
  12. Lame is So Gay
  13. Kitties!
  14. About the Real Hild
  15. Ammonite

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