Gretchen Felker-Martin grew up in rural New Hampshire.^[1] She moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2007.^[2] She had film and TV criticism published in outlets such as Polygon and Time,^[3]^[4] and self-published several horror novellas starting in 2016.^[5]

Felker-Martin's science fiction horror novel Manhunt was published on February 22, 2022, in the U.S. by Tor Nightfire.^[6] Manhunt appeared on best-of-year lists in multiple publications, including appearing at #1 in Vulture's list of "The Best Books of 2022".^[7] Roxane Gay selected it as one of the "25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature", writing, "This is the kind of book that queer writers have been desperate to write forever and are rarely given the opportunity to."^[8] The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote, "Felker-Martin's horror novel cunningly weaves trans determinism, war, and trauma together in an effort to locate joy, empathy, and pleasure in a world on fire."^[9] In October 2024, Lilly Wachowski announced that she is adapting Manhunt into a TV series with Felker-Martin.^[10]^[11]

Her novel Cuckoo was published on June 11, 2024.^[12] In its first week it entered the USA Today best-seller list,^[13] and it was chosen as one of the "Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)" by Vulture.^[14] Publishers Weekly wrote, "Laying bare grief, terror, and the tenderness that makes it all matter, this is horror at its best."^[15]

Also in June 2024 she wrote a short story in issue #41 of Harley Quinn.^[16]

Felker-Martin is transgender,^[1] and uses she/her pronouns.

Gretchen Felker-Martin
Born	30 May 1989 New Hampshire, United States
Occupation	Novelist critic
Period	2016–present
Genre	Horror fiction, science fiction, film criticism

Life and career

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Novels

Novellas

Short stories

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