Gorinsky is a native of Manhattan. She studied English, psychology and computer science at
Columbia College, serving three years as president of the
Columbia University Science Fiction Society. She interned at
DC Comics and
Tor Books before joining the editorial staff of the latter, assisting editors including
Ellen Datlow,
Jim Frenkel and
Patrick Nielsen Hayden. In addition to print novels, while working at Tor she acquired and edited short fiction for
Tor Books's online short fiction market, Tor.com. In 2018, Gorinsky left Tor to found an independent speculative fiction publishing company, Erewhon Books. In 2022, Gorinsky left Erewhon to "pursue other projects." ==Awards and nominations==