![]() Solomon’s short work has appeared in places like the New York Times, Guernica, the New York Times Magazine, Tor.com, Black Warrior Review, Best American Horror and Dark Fantasy, as well as other places. Rivers’ second novel, called “The Deep”, was inspired by the Hugo-nominated song of the same name by Clipping, an experimental hip-hop group, and it portrays a utopian underwater society that was built by the water breathing descendants of pregnant slaves. In 2020, she won a Lambda Award and was shortlisted for a Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was also a finalist for a Hurston/Wright and a Locus Award, as well as others. Rivers has been nominated for two John W. Faer literary influences are authors like Doris Lessing, Zora Neale Hurston, Ursula Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, Alice Walker, and Jean Toomer. Rivers grew up in Indiana, New York, California, and Texas. Originally from the United States, Solomon got faer MFA in Fiction Writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA in Comparative Studies in Ethnicity and Race from Stanford University. ![]() Author Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, a place that fae feels very much at home. ![]()
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