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Riley August is a speculative fiction writer, animal lover, nature walker and all around nerd. When they aren't writing stories about lonely voyages through space, you can find them playing video games, the guitar or a myriad or TTRPGs. They live in Rhode Island with their cat and husband. The Last Gifts of the Universe is their debut novel.
It flows brilliantly, with brevity and wit. -- Alex Hormann * At Boundary's Edge * Somehow both a hauntingly beautiful meditation on grief and loss, as well as a delightful space-faring romp...I'm honestly in awe. -- G. M. Nair * Before We Go * An elegant and melancholy music on death, loss...wrapped up in a far-reaching story about humanity facing possible extinction from an unknown threat. Also, there is a space cat.' * Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters * The Last Gifts of the Universe is wistful, loving, and indescribably beautiful. I'd call it required reading for the end of the world. Riley August has written a poignant masterpiece that transcends the death of stars. * Olivia Atwater, author of Half A Soul * Come for the space archeologists and adorably violent Pumpkin the cat, but stay for a science fiction novel that will repair your soul with its beautiful, uplifting earnestness in the face of true peril. Riley August is a major new voice in science fiction and I will read anything they write * Nadia El-Fassi, author of Best Hex Ever *
