Emily Tesh

Emily Tesh is a British author of science fiction and fantasy who grew up in London and is based in the UK. She first drew attention with the Greenhollow duology, a pair of novellas made up of Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country. Silver in the Wood won the World Fantasy Award.

Her first full-length novel, Some Desperate Glory (2023), follows Kyr, a young warrior raised on a remote station among the last survivors of humanity and trained from birth to avenge the destruction of Earth. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2024.

The Incandescent (2025) is a contemporary fantasy set at an English school, where Doctor Walden, the Director of Magic, juggles meetings and teaching while guarding six hundred students from demons. It was a Hugo Award finalist. Tesh also co-hosts Eight Days of Diana, a podcast about the work of Diana Wynne Jones.