Tessa Gratton
Tessa Gratton is the New York Times Bestselling author of adult and YA novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages, including the YA queer fairy tales Strange Grace and Night Shine, and the acclaimed Shakespeare retellings The Queens of Innis Lear and Lady Hotspur. Several of her works are Junior Library Guild selections and have been nominated multiple times for the Otherwise Award. Her most recent work includes the sexy epic fantasy The Mercy Makers, and novels of Star Wars: The High Republic. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her wife. Queer, nonbinary, she/he/they.
Shorter bio:
Tessa Gratton is the New York Times Bestselling author of The Queens of Innis Lear, Lady Hotspur, and Strange Grace, as well as many YA and adult SFF books and short stories which have been translated into twenty-two languages. Their most recent work is the sexy epic fantasy The Mercy Makers and novels of Star Wars: The High Republic. Though they have traveled all over the world, they currently live alongside the Kansas prairie with their wife. Queer, nonbinary, she/he/they.
Praise for Tessa’s Work
“The wondrous worldbuilding, strong female leads, and plot filled with regicide, regrets, prophecies, and magic create an intricate and layered story of honor, family, and love.”
—Library Journal on Lady Hotspur (starred review)
“In this sensual and suspenseful fantasy, Gratton spins a web of intrigue, mistaken identity, and simmering sexual tension from which the reader will not want to escape.”
— Publishers Weekly on The Mercy Makers (starred review)
“Gratton takes Shakespeare to the sharpest, darkest, and most beautiful edge, perhaps where it should've existed all along.”
— Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times Bestselling author of The Belles, on The Queens of Innis Lear
Horrifying, heartbreaking, and heartwarming, a lush fairy tale rooted in a moral quandary."
— Kirkus Reviews on Strange Grace (starred review)
"Strange Grace is an alluring and seductive fairy tale that asks just what would you give up for the things you love? And what if that isn’t enough? You won’t want to leave the beautiful and eerie world Gratton has created."
— Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation, on Strange Grace
“Listen to me: You want to read this book.”