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Eris Young

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Edinburgh City
Languages: English
Author type: Writer
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I'm an award-winning writer of speculative fiction and nonfiction, and an experienced editor, diversity consultant and workshop facilitator.
My nonfiction books, They/Them/Their and Ace Voices, are educational titles focusing on LGBTQ+ communities (nonbinary trans and asexual-spectrum) to which I myself belong. As an authenticity reader, I offer writers and publishers feedback on their stories' representation of queer and transgender characters. In 2023 I was shortlisted for an IPSE freelancer award in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion category for this work. I was also a member of the 2024 Literature Alliance Scotland Writers Advisory Group. I'm an open book and happy to answer questions and discuss my experiences as a queer and transgender person.
My fiction, all of it in the sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres, has appeared in publications across the UK and beyond, won the British Fantasy Society short story competition, and been longlisted for both a Cheshire Novel Prize for works-in-progress and a BSFA award for best short story. I'm also fiction editor at Shoreline of Infinity, Scotland's sci-fi magazine.
I've spoken on author panels and run creative writing workshops at festivals across Scotland, including Edinburgh International Book Festival, Cymera, Paisley Book Festival and Granite Noir.

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Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Bibliotherapy; Mentoring; Panel event; Reading; Residency; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; Carers; English as an additional language (EAL); Outdoor learning; Reluctant readers; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts)

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Class & society; Contemporary fiction; Discrimination & prejudice; Editing & editing your own work; Environment & climate; Fantasy; Gender equality; Historical fiction; Horror; Human rights; LGBTQIA+ characters; Nature; Politics; Publishing & getting published; Science; Science fiction

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100