Nicola Griffith

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

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Why stories matter

A compilation video of five PNW authors—Tom Rob Smith, Jamie Ford, me, Jussi Adler-Olsen, and Stella Cameron—talking about story and why it matters.

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Posted on August 7, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Touching Fire video

“Sun on Dragonfly” is a video made in response to an audio excerpt of my story,”Touching Fire.” Maybe NSFW.

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Posted on April 9, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The neurochemistry of story, the dramatic arc, and empathy

Neuroeconomist Paul Zak (author of The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity) has done some work in his lab tracking…

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Posted on October 8, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Bright Star: two hours of my life I’ll never get back

The night before last we watched two hours of palely loitering Romantic poets. Yes, I’m talking about Bright Star. I’m still cross….

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Posted on December 4, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

If plots had smartphones…

Yesterday, I was thinking about the Aud novels, about what it would take to republish them. (They’re all in print in some…

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Posted on October 27, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

story is us: fiction matters

This is a fabulous article from the Washington Post, a series of vignettes by the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. The piece is…

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Posted on July 20, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

read a book, lose weight

Here‘s news of a study that indicates reading books can help children lose weight: In a study of 45 girls, those who…

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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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