Holly Gramazio
Australian-born UK-based writer, game designer and curator.
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Holly Gramazio is an Australian writer, game designer and curator based in London.[1] Her first novel, The Husbands, was a New York Times bestseller.[2] The novel was adapted for an upcoming television series by Miriam Battye, starring Juno Temple.[3][4] The games festival she founded, Now Play This, was part of the London Games Festival during its ten-year life[5]
Now Play This
Holly Gramazio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) |
| Education | University of Adelaide (PhD) |
| Occupations | Writer, game designer, curator |
| Known for | The Husbands Now Play This |
| Website | https://www.hollygramazio.net/ |
Biography
Gramazio moved to London[6] after her PhD in Creative Writing.[7]
In 2015 she founded Now Play This,[8] a festival of experimental games at Somerset House, as part of the London Games Festival,[9] with V Buckenham, and directed it[10] until 2019.[11]
In 2018 she was credited as co-writer on Bernie De Koven's last book The Infinite Playground for MIT Press when he was unable to finish it due to illness.[12]
In 2019 she wrote the script for Dicey Dungeons, which went on to win an IndieCade Grand Jury Prize.[citation needed]
The Husbands, her first novel was published in April 2024[13] and reached no 12 on the NYT list.[14] Its premise - a woman comes home to find her attic produces an infinite variety of husbands - was described by the Times as "a brilliant satire on the Tinder generation"[15] A television adaptation was in production by Apple TV and A24, starring actors including Juno Temple, Tom Basden, Joe Wilkinson and Gemma Whelan.[16][4]