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| pronouns = [[they/them]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/gaileyfrey Twitter bio], accessed 4 June 2020</ref>

'''Sarah Gailey''' is an American author. Their alternate history novella ''River of Teeth'' was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella,<ref name=Nebula>[https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/river-of-teeth/ River of Teeth], at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 19, 2019</ref> the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella,<ref name=Hugo>[http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2018-hugo-awards/ 2018 Hugo Awards], at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019</ref> and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novella.<ref name=Locus>[https://locusmag.com/2018/06/2018-locus-awards-winners/ 2018 Locus Award Winners], at Locus Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019</ref> In 2018, they also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.<ref name=Hugo />

"As a [[queer]] person, I want to build books that have worlds where queerness is allowed and it's part of people's communities. I don't want to keep on having those conversations of, like, 'Why do you use they/them [[pronouns]]? What does that mean?' I just want to read a world where they/them pronouns exist and it's fine."<ref name="kirkus-26jun2019">{{cite web|last1=Evans |first1=Kristen |title=Sarah Gailey |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/sarah-gailey-2/ |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |accessdate=September 9, 2019 |date=June 26, 2019}}</ref>

"This might be corny of me, but I tend to think of gender and sexuality as a journey, not a destination. The ways in which queer people define and express ourselves change based on what language we have available, what we believe to be possible, and how safe we feel. I want to make space in my writing and in my life for fluidity and change; claiming an identity should feel freeing, not constrictive. By writing about that fluidity and discovery and uncertainty, I hope to show readers that there's a place for them in the world, even if they're not sure yet who they are or how much they're ready to talk about it."<ref name="Stufflebeam">{{Cite web |title=Queer Futures: An interview with Sarah Gailey, author of Upright Women Wanted |last=Stufflebeam |first=Bonnie Jo |work=Medium |date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url= https://medium.com/interstellar-flight-press/queer-futures-f7c369e7603c}}</ref>