Julia Armfield
Born1990
Cobham, Surrey
Occupation
  • Writer
NationalityBritish
EducationMasters in Victorian Art and Literature from Royal Holloway University
Genre
Years active2019-present
Notable works
Notable awardsPolari Prize
2023 Our Wives Under the Sea – winner

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).[1][2][3][4]

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."[5] 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."[6]

Our Wives Under the Sea won the 2023 Polari Book Prize.[7]

Bibliography

Short story collections

Novels

References

  1. ^ "Julia Armfield recommends 6 books that charm, excite and surprise". Yahoo!. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (30 May 2019). "Julia Armfield: 'There's freedom in the monster being the norm'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ^ Manzella, Sam (12 July 2022). "Read Me: This Eerie Gothic Novel Is Dripping With Lesbian Drama". Them. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. ^ Franzini, Sam (26 June 2022). "Author Spotlight: Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ 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.


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