Hiron Ennes

Hiron Ennes is an American writer, musician, and pathologist.^[1]

Ennes began their first novel, Leech, on a novel-writing course after graduation. It was published in 2022 by Tor as part of a two-book deal^[2] and won the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer.^[3] Their second novel, The Works of Vermin, was published by Tor in 2025.

Ennes's areas of medical interest include infectious disease, pathology, and anti-capitalist healthcare reform.^[2] As of December 2025 Ennes works as a pathologist and plans to move into forensic pathology.^[1]

Leech has been described as "a combination of Gothic horror and science fiction" and by Ennes themselves as "post-post-apocalyptic soft-sci-fi gothic body horror". Ennes's literary influences include Diana Wynne Jones and Dune from childhood; the horror settings of Gormenghast, Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Phantom of the Opera; novelists Samuel R. Delany, China Miéville, Sofia Samatar, and José Donoso; and the French-language writers Blaise Cendrars, Comte de Lautréamont, and Henri Barbusse.^[2]

Ennes plays the harp and is very fond of dogs. They consider themself to be "queer in every sense of the word" and use they/them pronouns.^[2]

Novels

• Leech (Tor, 2022)
• The Works of Vermin (Tor, 2025)

Short stories

• "Our Best Selves", Weird Horror, 2024
• "The Breath of Kannask", Northern Nights, 2024
• "Lyra, from Many Angles", Escape Pod, 2025