1. Nicola Griffith is a British American novelist, essayist, and teacher.
10 Facts About Nicola Griffith
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Nicola Griffith has won the Washington State Book Award, Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr.
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Nicola Griffith's family is Catholic and she is one of five children.
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Nicola Griffith's earliest surviving literary efforts include an illustrated booklet she was encouraged to create to prevent her from making trouble among her fellow nursery school students.
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Nicola Griffith entered University of Leeds to study microbiology but did not complete a degree.
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Nicola Griffith was the lead singer and cofounder of the band Janes Plane, which experienced some success in England before breaking up.
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Nicola Griffith wanted citizenship so she could remain in the country with her wife, but because she was a lesbian, she couldn't receive citizenship through marriage, and all other pathways were closed.
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In late 1987 Nicola Griffith made her first professional fiction sale: "Mirrors and Burnstone" to Interzone.
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Nicola Griffith has since published nine full-length novels, a memoir, and numerous short stories, essays, and novellas.
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In 2017, after completing her thesis, entitled "Norming the Queer: Narrative Empathy via Focalised Heterotopia," Nicola Griffith received her PhD by publication from Anglia Ruskin University.