Among Others is a 2011 fantasy novel written by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published originally by Tor Books.

[1] The author also shared the experience with her protagonist of being a Welsh student in an English boarding school and walking with a cane.

She and her twin sister Morwenna, both frequently using the nicknames "Mor" or "Mori", grew up playing and occasionally working magic with beings they call faeries in the hills of Wales.

Several months before the start of the novel, their mother, who is described as both insane and a witch, attempts to gain more power to take over the world.

The sisters are able to stop her, but in the process their mother causes them to be struck by a car, killing Morwenna and disabling one of Morgana's legs.

Bereft of her sister, her joy in running, and her beloved Welsh countryside, Mori must reconcile to her new life as a disabled, friendless outsider.

At one point she casts a spell to locate friends who can unite with her on a common purpose and then is invited to join a science fiction/fantasy readers' club at the library.

She makes a few connections there and eventually a boyfriend who not only shares her interested in books but in magic, although he can barely see the fairies and cannot himself work spells.

[10] In 2012, The Guardian described the book as "one of only a handful of novels ever to get such a grand-slam shortlisting for all the major science fiction literary prizes".

[11] Ursula K. Le Guin, in her review for The Guardian, called the book "a funny, thoughtful, acute and absorbing story all the way through".

"[12] Conversely, in her review for The Washington Post, Elizabeth Hand wrote that "More than anything else, Among Others is a love letter to the literature of the fantastic and to SF fandom.