Emily H. Wilson

Hello and welcome to my website.

I’m Emily H. Wilson, the author of The Sumerians, a trilogy of novels set in the extraordinary lost world of Ancient Sumer, the world's first civilisation.

Inanna, Gilgamesh and Ninshubar are an epic retelling of the very oldest myths ever recorded, including the famous Epic of Gilgamesh. They are also inspired by the most important myths about the goddess Inanna, who went on to be known as Ishtar and then later, Aphrodite and Venus, making her arguably the long-lived female deity in recorded history.

On this site I explain how I came to write The Sumerians and about my journey, in general, into writing books.

By the way, I am now hard at work on two new books. Although I can't say much about them yet, one is a space opera, and the other is a non-fiction book exploring human prehistory.

And again, welcome!