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Nina Kiriki Hoffman

About The Author

Nina Kiriki Hoffman has sold novels, juvenile and media tie-in books, short story collections, and more than two hundred short stories over the past forty years.

Her first solo novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones, won the Bram Stoker Award for first novel; her second novel, The Silent Strength of Stones, was a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. A Red Heart of Memories (part of her Matt Black series), nominated for a World Fantasy Award, was followed by sequel Past the Size of Dreaming.

Much of her work to date is short fiction, including “Matt Black” novella “Unmasking,” nominated for a World Fantasy Award, and “Matt Black” novelette “Home for Christmas,” which was nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon awards.

In addition to writing, Hoffman has taught, worked part-time at a B. Dalton bookstore, and done production work on The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. An accomplished fiddle player, she has played regularly at various granges near her home in Eugene, Oregon.

Books by Nina Kiriki Hoffman