Web Page Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl is an award-winning writer and editor known for diverse speculative fiction. Their novel “Everfair” was nominated for a Nebula Award and their short story collection “Filter House” won an Otherwise Award. In 1997, they co-founded the Carl Brandon Society to help give people of color greater visibility in the science fiction and fantasy worlds, and their book “Writing the Other” and workshops have taught writers new ways of thinking about diversity and representation within fiction. Shawl received the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for lifetime achievement from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2019. “Speculation,” their first novel for young readers, will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.