“I need it, so I’ll have to build it” is where the queer community began in the 60s and the feminist community in the 70s. The disabled community are doing right now. This is partly what So Lucky is about.
Read moreSo Lucky is out in exactly one week. I’m doing readings and talks Tues 5/15 at Phinney Books, Weds 5/16 at Elliott Bay Book Company
Read moreJoin us Saturday May 19, 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific for a special Twitter chat with Nicola Griffith and Anne Finger who will be talking about their new novels So Lucky and A Woman, In Bed, both published the same day (Tues 5/15)! Come ask questions or just listen in!
Read moreThis nine-minute audiobook excerpt from So Lucky was one of my favourite bits to narrate. And it has a monster…
Read moreIn February I recorded my new novel, So Lucky, for Macmillan Audio. It was my first professional book narration.
Read moreRead a short excerpt from So Lucky.
Read moreI love this animation of the So Lucky cover by the fabulous graphics department at FSG! Don’t blame them for the sound, though; that’s something I added.
Read moreDigital audiobook of So Lucky is now available for preorder.
Read moreI just got finished files for the So Lucky audiobook. Holy shit! I can’t wait for you to listen to this!
Read moreIt’s been my policy to never comment for the record on book reviews except to correct errors of fact. I’m making an exception for So Lucky‘s first review because it epitomises the bias faced by fiction about disabled characters written by disabled authors.
Read moreI’m a freelancer. I become hyper-aware of how precarious freelance life is when a series of Bad Things occur and my psychotic sense of self-belief teeters.
Read moreI’m doing a few events in March as I gear up for the May publication of So Lucky.
Read moreEnter the Goodreads giveaway to win a copy of So Lucky.
Read moreA dark and dangerous cover to match the blurbs that have started to roll in for my upcoming novel, So Lucky.
Read moreA wee tease of the So Lucky cover before tomorrow…
Read moreShort packs a powerful punch, and no matter how different from the rest of the author’s ouevre the book may seem, I think you still get a taste—an echo, if you like, or maybe a harmonic—of that writer’s concerns.
Read moreSo Lucky is out 15 May and I’ve started to add appearances to my calendar. Two in March: 3/13 Orlando, FL. 3/27 Kirkland, WA.
Read moreHere are the first two official blurbs for So Lucky, plus unofficial reader comment highlights.
Read moreSo Lucky is available for pre-order. Here are some US and UK links.
Read moreThe 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?
Read moreHoly shit! I have a book coming out in seven months! My new novel So Lucky will be published on May 15, 2018, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux .
Read moreIn a Curve magazine article, I talk about disabled visibility in the queer community.
Read moreThis is Part Five of the story of my doctorate—the who, why, when, what, and how of it—based on questions from readers on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter.
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