Emma Törzs

Emma Törzs (born January 8, 1987) is an American university professor and literary author whose debut novel has been optioned by Amazon MGM Studios. She has been awarded a US National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in prose, a World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, and the O. Henry Prize.

Career Törzs has written short fiction for a variety of publications.

In 2023, Törzs published her first novel, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, about two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, one of the New York Times ' 100 Notable Books of 2023, and one of NPR's Best Books of 2023. It also won a 2024 Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction.

In May 2024, it was announced that a film series adaptation of Ink Blood Sister Scribe titled Ink was greenlit by Gato Grande, an Amazon MGM Studios company. The project will adapted by Bronwyn Garrity, and executive produced by Törzs and Gato Grande CEO Carla Gonzalez Vargas.

Törzs teaches creative writing and Fantasy Fiction writing at her alma mater, Macalester College.

Personal life Törzs grew up in Massachusetts. She holds a BA in cultural studies from Macalester College and an MFA in fiction from the University of Montana.

Törzs' mother was a poet and taught creative writing and mythology at a community college. "From the Root" in Lightspeed Magazine (2018)