Emily Tesh is a science fiction and fantasy author. She won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel for her first novel, Some Desperate Glory.[1][2] She won the World Fantasy Award in the novella category in 2020, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2021.
Tesh is from London. She attended Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Chicago. She lives in Hertfordshire and is a school classics teacher.[3][4]