About
Gwendolyn N. Nix has been an editor, casting producer, scientist, and social media manager, but always a writer. A born seeker of adventure, she saw her first beached humpback whale on a windy day in New York, met a ghost in a Paris train station, and had Odin answer her prayers on a mountain in Scotland. As an Editor Aconyte Books, she is always on the lookout for fresh voices, heart-breaking prose, and… Read More
It’s allliiive!! I’m delighted that the cover for I Have Asked To Be Where No Storms Come is out in the world! Artist Felipe Knoll did a fantastic job taking my character descriptions, world building, and long winded emails to parse it into this stunning image. Preorders will be up soon, but the book will be available in print and ebook on July 29, 2022. So, I’ll be blathering on about it… Read More
In 2021, I was thrilled that Crystal Lake Publishing chose to publish my dark fantasy western horror novel, I Have Asked To Be Where No Storms Come. The standalone novel will be released July 29, 2022 (coming really soon – cue excited and anxious tyrannosaurus rex screech). I started writing this… Egad, in 2014/2015 as a side project to procrastinate on my other book I was writing, Sharks of the Wasteland (Outland… Read More
Hello dear reader — it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I assume you’re been like me: surviving the pandemic, pondering your life purpose, procrastinating on writing by joining three book clubs (seriously, I was in three virtual book clubs at once… Apparently I’m desperate to connect with my fellow bookworms. Don’t worry, I paired it down to one). I did play pandemic bingo and almost got a blackout. I got a sweet… Read More
Preorders for the second Celestial Scripts novel, Seams of Shadow, is now open! Head on over to Amazon and get your copy. With all the supply issues happening, you won’t regret it! The novel will release on October 12, 2021 and continues Eos’ journey as she deals with evil parasitic soul-monsters, shadow-hounds, and emerging rifts opening up between her world and a mysterious underworld. Reviews are have compared it to Furyborn by… Read More
For the first time, I decided to sign up for the Goodreads Challenge. This is a big thing for me. I don’t like committing to a ‘challenge’ because then it begins to feel like a chore, and honestly, I didn’t need the online book-guilt if I didn’t complete the challenge and have to live with the ‘I thought you were an author, don’t authors like to read?’ bit from my peers. But,… Read More
Catch me at the 2020 Montana Book Festival this week at 3pm MST on Zoom. I’ll be rubbing shoulders with Hank Green and Hugh Howey as we play Mad Libs together. The event is called “Fill in the ___: A Live Literary Mashup.” Click the link to register! The details: Join contemporary science fiction and fantasy authors Hank Green, Hugh Howey, and Gwendolyn N. Nix in an interactive game of Mad Libs!… Read More
My novel, Sharks of the Wasteland, released yesterday! Lots of positive pre-reviews are rolling in, which I read even though my editor told me to never read reviews, but I did anyway! September 1 was full of shark-stuff in celebration. I wore my whale-shark leggings. My puppy had her favorite hammerhead shark toy. There was a lot of love and support for the project, and even a Facebook post in the process… Read More
Den of Geek was gracious enough to host my cover reveal of my new post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, Shark of the Wasteland, releasing from Outland Entertainment in September 2020! I talk about the inspiration behind the cover, how it ties into the story, and you can read this lovely piece here: https://www.denofgeek.com/books/sharks-of-the-wasteland-cover-reveal/ Also massive thanks to the Outland Team, and especially Alana Joli Abbott for fantastic editorial skills and Jeremy Mohler for… Read More
I’m excited for my new novel, Sharks of the Wasteland, to join the ranks of the Outland family alongside our amazing post-apocalyptic science fiction books! Den of Geek will graciously host a cover reveal tomorrow, May 19 at 12pm ET, so be sure to check out their website and blog to see what this fantastic cover (created by Jeremy Mohler) will look like!
My short story, “What Nightmare are You Living In?” was featured on Starship Sofa this past summer. It’s a wonderful little story about monsters with bottle cap eyes and a retired soldier whose life isn’t what he thought it was going to be. Listen to it here.
Gwendolyn N. Nix 