Moniquill Blackgoose
Moniquill Blackgoose | |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Writing career | |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable work | To Shape a Dragon's Breath |
| Notable awards |
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| Website | moniquill |
Moniquill Blackgoose is an American fantasy novelist. She is best known for her 2023 young adult fantasy novel To Shape a Dragon's Breath, which won the 2023 Andre Norton Award and 2024 Lodestar Award.
Career
Her 2023 fantasy novel To Shape a Dragon's Breath, the first book in a planned trilogy, won the Lodestar[1] and Andre Norton awards.[2] The trilogy follows Anequs, who leaves her community (inspired by "northeast coastal woodland" Indigenous communities)[3] to attend a dragon-riding school run by Viking colonizers.[4] The trilogy's second book, To Ride a Rising Storm, was published in January 2026.[5][6]
Blackgoose has named some of her literary inspirations as Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, Anne McCaffrey, Naomi Novik, and Terry Pratchett.[3]
Personal life
She is an enrolled member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe and a descendant of Ousamequin Massasoit.[7][8]
Bibliography
Books of Nampeshiweisit
- — (9 May 2023). To Shape a Dragon's Breath. Del Rey Books. ISBN 9780593498286.
- — (27 January 2026). To Ride a Rising Storm. Del Rey Books. ISBN 9780593498309.
References
- ↑ "2024 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2024-03-29. Archived from the original on 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ↑ "Moniquill Blackgoose". Nebula Awards. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- 1 2 Song, Arley (2025-12-27). "Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose". PSYCHOPOMP.COM. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ "Moniquill Blackgoose: Also There Are Dragons". Locus Online. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ "To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose". Publishers Weekly. 2025-12-17. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ "To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose: Review by Alex Brown". Locus Online. 2026-03-16. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ "Moniquill Blackgoose". Tucson Festival of Books. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ "Q&A:Moniquill Blackgoose, Author of 'To Ride a Rising Storm'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 29 March 2026.