Em North is a writer and translator currently based in Woodstock, NY. They received an MFA in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University and an Sc.B./BA in Physics & Philosophy from Brown University, where they wrote their thesis on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. They have been awarded fellowships from Bread Loaf, Tin House, Aspen Words, the Clarion Writers' Workshop, and are the winner of the 2022 Gulliver Travel Grant. They translate from Spanish to English with a particular focus on queer and trans writers and are always looking for new projects.
In previous lives, they've worked as an observational cosmologist, snowboard instructor, spintronics researcher, investment banker, horse trainer, wine taster, and creative writing teacher. Their fiction and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Sun, Conjunctions, Lightspeed, Best American Experimental Writing 2020, and elsewhere.
Their debut novel, IN UNIVERSES, is forthcoming from Harper Books (US) and Hutchinson Heinemann (UK) in May 2024. They are represented by PJ Mark and Hafizah Geter at Janklow & Nesbit.
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