Megan Giddings

Megan Giddings is an associate 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, and 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 (Amistad, 2025), was one of NPR’s Books We Love in 2025, one of Town and Country’s 20 Best Books of 2025, one of The Ottawa Citizen’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2025, and one of The Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction/Speculative Novels of 2025. Her first short story collection, Black Arts (Amistad), will be published in September 2026.