MariNaomi
MAIRNAOMI (she/they) is the queer mixed-race Japanese-American community organizer and award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22, Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories, Turning Japanese, I Thought YOU Hated ME, the Life...
Virginia Black
VIRGINIA BLACK likes strong whiskey, loud music, and writing, though not necessarily in that order. When not penning angsty speculative fiction, she is almost always reading. Born in California (“where even the green is brown”), Virginia escaped to the...
MB Austin
Born and raised in Delaware, MB Austin’s childhood getaways all took her to the water: days at the blistery beach, weeks on the chilly Maine coast, and never enough time sailing on the Susquehanna River. Then she headed south for four long years, making good...
Diana DiGangi
DIANA DIGANGI was born and raised in the suburbs outside Washington D.C. She pursued a bachelor’s and master’s in journalism at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where she started her journalism career in television news, then returned to the D.C. area to...
Renee James
RENEE JAMES is a confessed English major and out transgender author who is also a spouse, parent, grandparent, and Vietnam veteran. She took up fiction writing after a long career in magazines. She has published six novels and a biography along with short stories...