Nicola Griffith is the winner of the Otherwise (formerly the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial) Award, Lambda Literary, Premio Italia, Nebula, Washington State Book Award, Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and World Fantasy Award. Recent titles include Hild and Menewood, both from FSG; Spear from Tordotcom; and the crime thrillers The Blue Place, Stay, and Always, reissued by Picador. In 2024 she was inducted to the SFF Hall of Fame. She lives in Seattle, Washington.