Debut Novel

ENCOUNTER

A queer love story about a Neanderthal woman and exiled Homo sapiens woman fighting for survival in a frozen, unstable world (forthcoming from Bloomsbury).

More information coming soon.

Selected Stories & Essays

“Copernicus Is Dying,” Literary Hub, 2026

“The Best Queer Sex Scenes Are About More Than Just Sex,” Electric Lit, 2026

“Emily Doyle on the Subtle Tyranny of Realism,” Literary Hub, 2026

“New Mercies,” The Kenyon Review, 2024

“The Only Child,” Ploughshares, 2024

“Thursdays for Haru,” The Sun, 2023

“Consider the Diver,” Epiphany, 2023

Press

“Inside the Collection: Emily Doyle Dissects Please Don’t Touch the Body,” Debutiful, 2026

“The Scale Between Realism and Everything Else: A Conversation with Emily Doyle,” World Literature Today, 2026

Interview: Emily Doyle by Lily Felsenthal, BOMB Magazine, 2026

“When Science Fiction Is an Invitation: A Conversation with Elaine U. Cho,”World Literature Today, 2025

“Crime Without Punishment: A Conversation with Laila Lalami,” World Literature Today, 2025

“The Right to Be a Selfish Woman: A Conversation with Rita Chang-Eppig,” World Literature Today, 2023

“On Sex, Soul Loneliness, and Walking toward Terror: A Conversation with R. O. Kwon,” World Literature Today, 2023

Guest host on Short Story Today, Episode 72, 2023

Guest on Short Story Today, Episode 57, “Emily Doyle: ‘Thursdays for Haru,’” 2023