About

I’m Nora — a trans woman from Seattle, living in Barcelona. I write short fiction, essays and the occasional poem. Some of it is true. Some of it is about a competitive eater named Jim.

My days are spent in the sun, in community with friends and chosen family. I explore beautiful architecture with my eyes and a camera, eat my way through a maze of Latin, Asian and Mediterranean food, and find ways to make street signs look queer. I talk to strangers. I write my phone number in books and then donate them. I like the kind of risk where the odds aren’t purely mathematical — where if it works out, the only available explanation is fate.

This is where I put the writing I want in the world. If something here lands, tell me. I’m a parasite when it comes to compliments from strangers.

Reach me at hello@novellanora.com.