Gemma Amor is a Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award nominated horror fiction author, editor, illustrator, podcaster and voice actor based in the UK.

Literary agent: Becky LeJeune at Confluence Literary Agency

Film agent: Sean Berard, Untitled Entertainment

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Gemma Amor is a Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award nominated author, voice actor, editor and illustrator based in Bristol, in the UK. She was named one of the ‘Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age’ by Esquire Magazine, and recently featured in Ellen Datlow’s prestigious Best Horror of the Year anthology, Vol. 15 and 17. She self-published her debut short story collection Cruel Works of Nature in 2018 and went on to release award-nominated, multi-adapted novella Dear Laura and many other books including White Pines, Girl on Fire, Six Rooms, Grief is a False God, and These Wounds We Make before signing her first traditional publishing deal for her novel Full Immersion, published by Angry Robot books in 2022. 

Her folk horror novel Itch! was released by Hodder & Stoughton in 2025. An anthology of ancestral horror stories called Roots of my Fears, edited by Gemma, also came out in 2025 via Titan and was subsequently nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award in the Edited Anthology category. Gemma’s most recent release is FIRST DATE from Datura books, and her next scheduled title is HAPPY HOUR from Shortwave Books in 2026.

Gemma also paints book covers, and is the co-creator, writer and voice actor for horror-comedy podcast Calling Darkness, starring Kate Siegel. Her stories feature in a number of horror anthologies in print and have been adapted many times over by the NoSleep Podcast, Pseudopod, Shadows at the Door, Creepy, The Hidden Frequencies and the Grey Rooms podcast. She also appears in a number of print anthologies and had made numerous podcast appearances to date. A short film she co-wrote called Hidden Mother (2021) was well received at film festivals and she is currently working on her first feature length screenplay. Gemma illustrates her own works and also provides original, hand-painted artwork for book covers on commission. She narrates audiobooks too, including The Possession Of Natalie Glasgow by Hailey Piper, in 2020, Full Immersion in 2022 and ITCH! in 2025.

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Award Nominations

‘Edited Anthology’, Shirley Jackson Award nominee 2026, as Editor, for ROOTS OF MY FEARS

‘Best Horror Novel’ (the August Derleth Award), 2023 British Fantasy Awards Shortlist, for FULL IMMERSION

Bram Stoker Award Nominee 2019, for ‘Superior Achievement in a First Novel’ for DEAR LAURA

This is Horror Awards Nominee 2019, for ‘Novella of the Year’, for DEAR LAURA

Indie Horror Book Awards 2019, for ‘Best Collection’, for CRUEL WORKS OF NATURE

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Award nominated British horror writer

Gemma specialises in the dark, confrontation and mysterious, with a particular penchant for the paranormal, the parallel, and the phantasmagorical. Which is a fancy way of saying she likes to write scary stories about things that go ‘bump’ in the night, but ground them in the human experience. Because the most mundane of things can be horrifying, when you think about it… it is how we react that breeds the tale.

Gemma has been writing for most of her life, but it was not until 2018 that she began to seriously pursue a career in fiction. Since then, she has released multiple novels, novellas, and short story collections, written countless works of short horror fiction, audio drama scripts and scripts for live podcast performances, appeared in podcasts, narrated audiobooks, and painted book covers for some wonderful authors in the horror community. She was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 2019, a British Fantasy Award in 2023, and a Shirley Jackson Award in 2026. She is a hybrid author, working with indie presses, Big Five traditional publishers, and self-publishing on Amazon.

On this site you’ll find links to Gemma Amor’s published works, information on how to commission artwork and a unique, hand-painted cover for your book, general news and announcements including info about the latest podcast episodes released, and any other bits and bobs as they appear. Don’t forget to join Gemma’s mailing list for a first look at new releases and other updates.

Header image: Photo by Michał Osiński from Pexels