About

photo of Megan Giddings, taken by Jon Cameron — Megan Giddings

is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. Her novel, *Lakewood*, was published by Amistad in 2020. It was one of New York Magazine’s 10 best books of 2020, one of NPR’s best books of 2020, a Michigan Notable book for 2021, was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards, and a finalist for a 2020 LA Times Book Prize in The Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction category. Her second novel, *The Women Could Fly* (Amistad 2022), was named one of *The Washington Post’s* Best Science Fiction and Fantasy novels of 2022, one of *Vulture’s* Best Fantasy books of 2022, and was a *New York Times* Editors’ Choice. In Fall 2023, she was the Picador Professor at Leipzig University. Her third novel, *Meet Me at the Crossroads*, will be published on June 3rd 2025. Her first short story collection, *Black Arts*, will be published in 2026.
(*photo by Jon Cameron)*

You can find me on Twitter as @megiddings.

You can find me on Bluesky as @megiddings.bsky.social

For events or requests in support of Meet Me at the Crossroads (June 3, 2025), please email Paul Olsewski (Harper Collins/Amistad).

You’re interested in the foreign or film/TV rights to any of my three novels? Well, thank you! And also, you should email my agent, Dan Conaway.

Hey! I won’t be able to take on many requests for blurbs from September 25th-December 18 2024. I am prioritizing debut authors and former students for my blurb requests during this period.