Cassandra Khaw

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Cassandra Khaw’s achievements are marked by critical acclaim and commercial success. Their novel The Library at Hellebore (2025) achieved USA Today and Sunday Times bestseller status, and was praised by The New York Times and Paste Magazine. Their novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth (2021) was a finalist for multiple major awards, establishing them as a significant voice in horror. Khaw’s game writing has also earned recognition, with contributions to acclaimed titles like Fallen London and Sunless Skies. Their ability to cross genre boundaries and their distinctive prose style set them apart in contemporary speculative fiction.

AwardsCassandra Khaw is a Bram Stoker Award winner, as confirmed by their official biography on Macmillan Publishers and their social media bios. Their novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award, World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and Locus Award, though it did not win. Khaw is also described as an “award-winning game writer,” though the specific game awards are not enumerated in available sources.