Ava Kelly
Ava Kelly is a nonbinary speculative writer and engineer. Secretly a pile of cats in a trenchcoat, Ava’s goal is to bring into the world more tales of friendship and compassion, dedicated to trope subversion, stories that give the void […]
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Greta Kelly
Greta Kelly is the author of the critically acclaimed adult fantasy novels THE FROZEN CROWN and THE SEVENTH QUEEN (Harper Voyager). Her third novel, THE QUEEN OF DAYS will be out in October 2023 (Voyager). She is a staff writer […]
James Kennedy
James Kennedy is the author of the speculative thriller “Dare to Know” (Quirk Books) and the YA fantasy “The Order of Odd-Fish” (Delacorte). He is the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, in which kid filmmakers create short movies […]
Jeffe Kennedy
Jeffe Kennedy™ is a multi-award-winning and best-selling author of 65 published titles, primarily in epic fantasy romance. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). She is best known for her RITA® Award-winning novel, […]
James Kenyon
Dr. Kenyon is responsible for the overall planning, management, and oversight of the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s efforts to develop innovative concepts, technologies, and capabilities to enable revolutionary advances for a wide range of air vehicles. He supports the mission […]
Justin C. Key
Justin C. Key is a speculative fiction writer and psychiatrist whose short stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Lightspeed. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Justin had an early […]
Jonathan I. Kidd
Playwrights and documentarians, Jonathan Kidd and Sonya Winton- Odamtten are the physical manifestation of a stellar collision. While Jonathan grew up in the farmlands of Mansfield, Ohio, Sonya was reared by her creative-hippie parents in the metropole of Los Angeles. […]
LP Kindred
LP Kindred is a Chicagoan-Angeleno who writes speculative fiction that features Black and/or Queer Lives. When not writing, Kindred can be found singing, eating good food, pretending to be fancy, watching bad tv, and lifting heavy objects. LP is or […]
Gillian King-Cargile
Gillian King-Cargile is the director of Northern Illinois University’s STEM Read (stemread.com), which creates games, events, and online resources to introduce readers to the science, technology, engineering, and math concepts behind popular fiction books. She also produces and hosts the […]