Nisi Shawl (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author, co-author, and editor of more than a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction, including the standard text on diverse representation, Writing the Other: A Practical Approach.  A longtime journalist and a prolific writer of short stories, Shawl’s best known long-form fiction is the Nebula Award finalist novel Everfair.  Recent books include the middle grade fantasy novel Speculation, and The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox, a Beat-era fantasy novella inspired by the life of Black poet Alene Lee. Editing credits include New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, sequel to the first highly acclaimed New Suns anthology.

Shawl has guest lectured at Duke University, Spelman College, Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Washington, and many other institutions, and they teach online and in-person courses based on Writing the Other.  For over two decades they have served on the boards of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and the Carl Brandon Society, a nonprofit supporting the presence of people of color in fantastic literature.

Nisi’s debut novel Everfair, was a finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award.
The trade paperback edition of Everfair came out September 26th.

For a sneak peek at Everfair, click here.

Read Nisi’s essay, “A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.”