Highlights everything that speculative fiction, of all possible modes of literature, excels at.- Nina Allan
Chockfull of interesting ideas about the natural world and ourselves. – Jeff VanderMeer
One of the modern masters of the short story form. – The Fantasy Hive
ABOUT MARIAN:
Marian Womack is a bilingual Hispanic-British author, editor and translator of Weird fiction, Horror, speculative fiction, and fiction of the Anthropocene. Her writing deals with man’s relationship with nature and its loss through cross-genre, hybrid and experimental approaches, and she holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Environmental Humanities.
Marian’s publications include the novels The Swimmers (2021), The Golden Key (2020), and On the Nature of Magic (2023). Her short fiction has been included in numerous collaborative works, used in art installations, and collected in the volumes Lost Objects (2018), and the forthcoming Out Through The Window, Into The Dark (2024). She co-edited, with Gary Budden, the international eco-fiction anthology An Invite to Eternity: Tales of Nature Disrupted (2019), and is a contributor to Writing the Future: Essays on Crafting Science Fiction (2023). She has taught creative writing, publishing studies and book history in Spain and the UK, and is the first Spanish graduate of the Clarion Writer’s Workshop.
Marian’s work has been included in Year’s Bests, selected as one of the top ten science fiction novels of the year by The Sunday Times, and nominated for two British Fantasy Awards and one British Science Fiction Association Award.
Marian is a member of the Society of Authors (UK) and the Climate Fiction Writer’s League (UK).
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(Photo credit: Mewsune, 2024)
Marian Womack is fiendishly imaginative. She creates magic.- Priya Sharma
A supremely gifted writer. – Elizabeth Hand
Marian Womack is an exciting and endlessly inventive writer. I look forward to reading everything she writes. – Naomi Booth
Marian Womack weaves together the lyricism of Angela Carter, the mad imagination of China Miéville, and the earthiness of Robert Macfarlane. A fantastic new talent. – Helen Marshall
Marian Womack is a rising star. – Tim Major
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