Emily Austin (she/her) is the author of three novels ("We Could Be Rats", "Interesting Facts about Space", and "Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead"). She is also the author of the poetry collection, "Gay Girl Prayers." 

"Everyone In This Room" was long listed for The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award, and a finalist for the Ottawa Book Awards. "Interesting Facts About Space" has been nominated for the 2025 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award. It was also the #1 bestselling LGBTQIA+ book in Canada and the most circulated LGBTQIA+ book in Canadian libraries in 2024. Gay Girl Prayers was named a CBC Best Book of Poetry in 2024.
 

Emily was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. She studied English Literature and Religious Studies at King's University College, and Library and Information Science at Western University. She has a background in libraries, teaching, and working as an information architect. She currently resides in Ottawa / the territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. She is represented by Heather Carr at The Friedrich Agency. 
 

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