May I borrow your eyeballs?
Trained by the Bene Gesseret, E. H. Lupton speaks five languages and knows six ways to kill you from where she’s standing. One of them involves using only her frown. Also, she can probably deadlift you if you weigh under 200 lbs.
Maybe not. Let’s start again. Hi, I’m Em. I write books as E. H. Lupton. Herein you may find my media kit, which is a fancy way of saying “a bio for people who are holding events and need to introduce me.”
Media Kit
For introductory purposes:
You can call me Em. My pronouns are she/they; I don’t have a particular preference. Lupton is pronounced like “‘LɅp-tən.” (For those who don’t do IPA, the wedge (Ʌ) is a schwa (ə) or “uh” sound that occurs in an emphasized syllable.) The photograph at the top of this page is my official author photo.
Short bio:
E. H. Lupton (she/they) lives in Madison, WI with her family. Her debut novel, Dionysus in Wisconsin, was shortlisted for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Midwest Book Award. Since then, she has released three novels and one novella in the Wisconsin Gothic series. Her poems have been published in journals that include Asimov’s Science Fiction, Utopia Science Fiction, Paranoid Tree, and House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature. She is one half of the duo behind the hit podcast Ask a Medievalist.
Long bio:
E. H. Lupton is a writer living in Madison, WI with her family. When not writing, she entertains herself by running really long, boring races, quilting, painting, tand doing martial arts. A three-time graduate of UW-Madison, she holds a BA in philosophy and English and two MAs in library science and Thai studies. It was good, if inadvertent, training to write heartfelt, deeply philosophical novels about librarians and other academics talking to ghosts and fighting demons in Madison, WI.
Lupton’s debut novel, Dionysus in Wisconsin, the first book in the Wisconsin Gothic series, came out in 2023 and was shortlisted for both the Lambda Literary Award for best gay romance and the Midwest Book Award for best scifi/fantasy novel. In 2024, she published two more novels in the series, Old Time Religion and Troth, and in 2025 she released Lazarus, Home from the War and a novella, The Alignments.
In addition to her writing, she is also co-host and editor of the hit podcast Ask a Medievalist.
Interviews
This one (here) came out around the time Dionysus in Wisconsin came out in 2023.
Here’s an episode of the Right Here, Write Queer podcast I recorded with writer Sebastian Nothwell from 2024.
Here’s an interview with J. Scott Coatsworth from 2024.
Here’s a video interview with Emily Wiggins from 2024.
Here is one with Rebecca Crunden from April 2025, or around the time Lazarus, Home from the War came out.
Newsletter
You can sign up for my newsletter here: https://winnowingfanpress.eo.page/lupton
It comes out once a month (you can read old newsletters on the blog if you’re so inclined), includes news of books, upcoming events, and other relevant stuff, and has a few small pieces of art in it.
Social Media
A necessary evil. I mostly do author-y things, like make funny quips and inform people of sales, on Mastodon and Bluesky. I post photos on Instagram. I just retumble random things on Tumblr; there is very little author stuff at all. I do post to Threads occasionally, but with the algorithm, you will probably not see it.
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pretense_soup/
* Mastodon: https://indieauthors.social/@pretensesoup
* Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pretensesoup.bsky.social
* Tumblr: https://pretensesoup.tumblr.com
* Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pretense_soup
Technically, this still exists:
* TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pretense_soup