Hello! I’m Kes Otter Lieffe.

I’m the author of four speculative fiction novels including the Margins trilogy, several short stories, and a colouring book series. I write non-fiction on class and queer ecology. I regularly offer workshops, book readings and interviews. And I’ve recently started offering editing services.

I’m an ecologist and have been involved in grassroots community struggles for over twenty years. My work focuses on the intersections of class, queerness and environmental defence as well as growing radical alternatives to the oppressions of capitalism. I write and organise from a working-class, chronically ill, transfeminine perspective.

To find out what I’ve been working on recently, you can read my annual report, you can join pink and green, my brand new substack, and I have a general newsletter at the bottom of this page.

pink and green

I have a brand new substack called
pink and green with excerpts (and audio) from an upcoming book on queer ecology, class, social movements and nature connection.

Queering Nature

Last year I had the honour of consulting for a queer tour at the Berlin Natural History Museum. You can follow the digital tour (which I narrated in the English version) from home or book in-person guided tours in German and English. Reviewed here.

Home is a verb

My new novel explores burnout and despair, collective collapse and recovery. In a shifting world, marginalised characters must face their traumas and embrace change. In their search for healing, they are brought together, finding home in the least expected of places.

Speculative Fiction

In my futuristic stories, marginalised characters take centre stage in powerful resistance movements. Everything is at stake and so much is possible.

Queer Ecology

I’m an ecologist and the author of the Queer Animals and Plants series.
I give workshops and have a substack on the subject.

Deutsch

Hier findest du der deutschsprachige Ecke meiner Website mit Übersetzungen meiner Texte und eine Podcast-folge auf Deutsch