Tina Connolly

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-05

Tina Connolly is an American science fiction and fantasy writer born in St. Louis, Missouri, who began her professional writing career in 2004. Her debut novel, Ironskin (2012), launched a trilogy completed with Copperhead (2013) and Silverblind (2014), a series reimagining Jane Eyre through a steampunk fantasy lens involving fey magic and industrial-era social change. She also wrote the middle-grade 'Seriously' series, comprising Seriously Wicked (2015), Seriously Shifted (2016), and Seriously Hexed (2017), following a teenage girl whose mother is a witch. Her other notable works include the novelette 'The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections' and the short story collection On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories. Ironskin was a Nebula Award finalist for Best Novel, 'The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections' was a Hugo Award finalist for Best Novelette, and On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories received a World Fantasy Award nomination for Best Collection in 2017. Beyond prose fiction, Connolly created and hosts the flash fiction podcast Toasted Cake, which won a Parsec Award for Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team. She maintains an active dual career as both novelist and poet, publishing primarily with Tor Books and Tor.com, and remains a prominent voice in short-form speculative fiction and podcasting.

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Books

• Ironskin (2012) · Ironskin Core Canon
• Copperhead (2013) · Ironskin Core Canon
• Silverblind (2014) · Ironskin Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 finalist mention)

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