Hiron Ennes
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- novelist
- short story writer
- musician
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Hiron Ennes is an American writer, musician, and pathologist.[1]
Ennes began their first novel, Leech, on a novel-writing course after graduation. It was published in 2022 by Tor as part of a two-book deal[2] and won the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer.[3] Their second novel, The Works of Vermin, was published by Tor in 2025.
Ennes's areas of medical interest include infectious disease, pathology, and anti-capitalist healthcare reform.[2] As of December 2025[update] Ennes works as a pathologist and plans to move into forensic pathology.[1]
Writing style and influences
Leech has been described as "a combination of Gothic horror and science fiction" and by Ennes themselves as "post-post-apocalyptic soft-sci-fi gothic body horror". Ennes's literary influences include Diana Wynne Jones and Dune from childhood; the horror settings of Gormenghast, Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Phantom of the Opera; novelists Samuel R. Delany, China Miéville, Sofia Samatar, and José Donoso; and the French-language writers Blaise Cendrars, Comte de Lautréamont, and Henri Barbusse.[2]
