Julia Armfield

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Julia Armfield
Born1990 (age 3334) [1]
Cobham, Surrey
Occupation
  • Writer
NationalityBritish
Education Royal Holloway, University of London
Genre
Years active2019 – present
Notable works
Notable awards Polari Prize (2023)

Julia Armfield is an English author. She has published a collection of short stories, Salt Slow (2019), and a novel, Our Wives Under the Sea (2022). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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In an interview with Sam Manzella of Them , Armfield said that her debut novel was in part inspired by a wish to explore the "crossover with queer women’s fiction and the sea," adding that the ocean is often used to symbolise both "something forbidden" and something that "can be many things at once." [6] In an interview with Sam Franzini of Our Culture Mag , she stated that the novel was in part "about an anticipation of grief and losing someone," adding that part of the horror was from "the clanging bureaucracy of not being able to get an answer." [7]

Our Wives Under the Sea was nominated for the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year Award and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, winning the Polari Prize in 2023. [8]

Bibliography

Short story collections

Novels

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References

  1. "A Chat With: Julia Armfield". Nota Bene Prize. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. "Julia Armfield recommends 6 books that charm, excite and surprise". Yahoo! . 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. Wyver, Kate (1 March 2022). "Our Wives Under the Sea author Julia Armfield: 'Horror and romance spring from the same core'". Independent . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. Braidwood, Ella (3 February 2023). "'Like moving through water while everyone is on land': the writers exploring sexuality through sea life". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (30 May 2019). "Julia Armfield: 'There's freedom in the monster being the norm'". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. Manzella, Sam (12 July 2022). "Read Me: This Eerie Gothic Novel Is Dripping With Lesbian Drama". Them . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. Franzini, Sam (26 June 2022). "Author Spotlight: Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea". Our Culture Mag . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. Creamer, Ella (24 November 2023). "Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom win the Polari prizes for LGBTQ+ books". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 November 2023.