About
Emily Grandy is an award-winning novelist and editor based in the Midwest.
She writes well-researched literary fiction and nonfiction with an ecological focus. Her writing is a celebration of and an invitation to reconnect with the more-than-human world. Her debut novel, Michikusa House (Wayfarer Books), was awarded the Landmark Prize, the Nautilus Book Award, and was longlisted for the Edna Ferber Book Award. Her second novel, Cupido Cupido, was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction.
Her other writing has appeared in both academic and literary journals, was a finalist for the ALM Literary Awards, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is also a regular contributor to regional Wisconsin Sierra Club newsletters.
Before she became a biomedical editor, Emily did clinical research for a leading academic medical center in Cleveland, Ohio. As a former scientist, Emily’s writing aims to communicate science-based knowledge through storytelling. As an artist and environmental advocate, she hopes to help heal our relationship with the more-than-human world.
She has lived in many places, both in the U.S. and abroad, but always gravitates back to the Midwest and its Great Lakes. She currently calls Milwaukee, Wisconsin home.
“We already have plenty of eyes trained on what’s broken. Among those shards, I seek out beauty, grace, and give my thanks. This is my way of defending it.”
