CANCELLED Meet the Author: Nicola Griffith

Name: Meet the Author: Nicola Griffith
Start: 2026-06-11T18:30
End: 2026-06-11T20:00
Location: National Nordic Museum

Jun 11, 2026

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Unfortunately, this program is cancelled.

We hope to see you at the Museum to visit Moomins' Sea Adventures and Tove and the Sea, or for one of our upcoming events!

Meet local queer author, Nicola Griffith

Griffith will discuss her Aud Torvingen series: three literary crime thrillers that follow the daughter of a Norwegian diplomat on an internal journey from a cool, self-reliant individual to a fully-rounded human being. Griffith's beloved Aud Torvingen trilogy reshapes the noir suspense novel into something refreshing and excitingly new.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A about her life as a writer and researcher hosted by her wife and fellow writer, Kelley Eskridge.

“Ms. Griffith is an astonishingly gifted writer. . . . Her work is of the very best in the lesbian and gay literary field.”

—Allen Ginsberg

"Aud is the Norwegian-American heroine in a pioneering trilogy of hard-hitting thrillers."

—Wall Street Journal

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Moomins' Sea Adventures & Tove and the Sea

On view March 28 - September 6, 2026

This event is held in conjunction with our current special exhibitions, Moomins' Sea Adventures and Tove and the Sea.

Tove and the Sea traces the life of author and illustrator Tove Jansson from a curious child to a fiercely independent artist, shaped by creativity, travel, and her life with partner Tuulikki Pietilä on their island.

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Speakers

Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith is the author of nine novels, including Hild, Spear, and Menewood.
Bio

Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith is the author of nine novels, including Hild, Spear, and Menewood.

In addition to her fiction and nonfiction (New York Times, Guardian, Nature, New Scientist) she is known for her data-driven 2015 work on bias in the literary ecosystem and as founder and co-host, with Alice Wong, of #CripLit. Awards include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, two Washington State Book Awards, the Premio Italia, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Otherwise awards, and six Lambda Literary Awards. She holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, is married to writer Kelley Eskridge, and lives in Seattle—where in 2024 she was inducted into the SFF Hall of Fame. In 2025 she was named as SFWA’s 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master.