Emily Tesh

Emily Tesh is a British fantasy and science fiction author whose inventive, award-winning work has established her as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary speculative fiction. She won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for Some Desperate Glory, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the World Fantasy Award for her Greenhollow duology (Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country). The Incandescent is a sapphic dark academia fantasy set at an elite English boarding school, written from the perspective of a powerful demon summoner who has returned to her old school to serve as Director of Magic. It combines the pleasures of a school setting with genuine supernatural danger, sharp characterisation, and a compelling romance. Tesh's fiction is characterised by its tight plotting, its emotional intelligence, and its ability to work fresh magic within familiar genre frameworks. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers speculative fiction that is both intellectually satisfying and emotionally generous — award-winning work from a writer who makes every word count.