Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Author · 53 books
Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s first solo novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones (1993), won the Bram Stoker Award for first novel; her second novel, The Silent Strength of Stones (1995) was a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. A Red Heart of Memories (1999, part of her “Matt Black” series), nominated for a World Fantasy Award, was followed by sequel Past the Size of Dreaming in 2001. Much of her work to date is short fiction, including “Matt Black” novella “Unmasking” (1992), nominated for a World Fantasy Award; and “Matt Black” novelette “Home for Christmas” (1995), nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon awards. In addition to writing, Hoffman has taught, worked part-time at a B. Dalton bookstore, and done production work on The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. An accomplished fiddle player, she has played regularly at various granges near her home in Eugene, Oregon.
Series
Books
A Red Heart of Memories
1999
Catalyst
2006
The Living Dead
2008
Common Threads
1995
Spirits That Walk in Shadow
2006
The Dangers of Touch
2014
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
Legacy of Fire
1990
Savage Breasts and Other Misbehaving Body Parts
Eight Short Stories
2008
Surreal Estate
2014
The Spirit in the Clay
2018
Uncanny Magazine Issue 49
November/December 2022
2022
Fall of Light
2009
Wings of Fire
2010
Time Travelers, Ghosts, and Other Visitors
2003
Women of the Night
1994
Unmasking
1992
A Stir of Bones
2003
What Bit You?
Four Shifter Stories
2016
The Silent Strength of Stones
1995
Firebirds
An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
2003
Past the Size of Dreaming
2001
Trophy Wives
2008
Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1999
1999
Meeting
2011
Wild Talents
Three Short Stories
2015
Ghost Hedgehog
2011
Permeable Borders
2012
Faint Heart, Foul Lady
2014
Escapes
2012
The Dark of the Woods
Fairy Tales for Modern Times
2006
Fast Wedded to the Ground
2013
Meet in Fear and Wonder
Four Science Fiction Stories
2016
The Ghosts of Strangers
2013
One Day at the Central Convenience Mall
2017
Rags, Riches, and a Dragon
Three Fairy Tales
2016
Extreme Zombies
2012
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
Fairy Infestation
2017
Season of Wonder
2012
Family Tree
2012
A Fistful of Sky
2002
The Thread That Binds the Bones
1993
Twice Upon a Time
1999
Body Switchers from Outer Space
1996
The Other Side Secret
2015
The Christmas Megapack
25 Modern and Classic Yuletide Stories
2012
Zombies for Jesus
2014
Antiquities
Five Stories Set in Ancient Worlds
2015
Brave New Love
15 Dystopian Tales of Desire
2012
Thresholds
2010
I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie
1998
Invasive Species
2013
