Eskridge attended the
Clarion Writers Workshop in 1988 where she met her future wife, English novelist
Nicola Griffith. Eskridge has published short fiction and essays since 1990. Her story "And Salome Danced" received the $11,000 Astraea Prize and was nominated for the
James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1995, and her story "Alien Jane" was a finalist for the
Nebula Award for Best Short Story, also in 1995.
Alien Jane also received a TV adaptation on the short-lived
Sci-Fi Channel Series
Welcome to Paradox. Her first collection of short fiction,
Dangerous Space, was published in 2007; the
title novella "Dangerous Space" was a
Nebula Award finalist in 2009. Her first novel
Solitaire was published in 2002 by
HarperCollins Eos.
Solitaire is character-driven science fiction set in a near-future corporate state. It was a
New York Times Notable Book, a
Borders Original Voices selection, and was a finalist for the Nebula,
Endeavour, and
Spectrum awards.
Solitaire was the basis for the 2017 feature film
OtherLife co-written by Eskridge, directed by
Ben C. Lucas, and starring
Jessica De Gouw. Eskridge has been a full-time writer, screenwriter and independent editor/writing coach. She previously worked in a series of corporate positions, most recently as Vice President of Project Management at
Wizards of the Coast. She served on the board of the
Clarion West Writers Workshop from late 2009 to 2014, and was board chair from 2010 to 2013. She taught at Clarion West in 2007. Eskridge is the co-founder (with
Nicola Griffith) and managing partner of Sterling Editing (established 2009) with an international client list of established and emerging writers. Eskridge is the creator of the Humans At Work program to help new managers learn people management skills. Management guru
Bob I. Sutton (author of
The No Asshole Rule) quoted Eskridge's views on management in his book
Good Boss, Bad Boss (Chapter 1). ==Personal life==