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Vanessa MacLaren-Wray

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray writes science fiction and fantasy exploring the challenges of communication and attachment in a diverse, complex universe. She’s the author of the Patchwork Universe series, including All That Was Asked, The True Son, and the upcoming duology Shadows […]

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Miranda MacLeod

Originally from southern California, Miranda MacLeod now lives in New England and writes heartfelt romances and romantic comedies featuring witty and charmingly flawed women that you’ll want to marry. Or just grab a coffee with, if that’s more your thing. […]

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Nilah Magruder, photo by Michelle Kinne

Nilah Magruder

Nilah Magruder is a writer and artist based in Western Maryland. From her beginnings in the woods of the eastern United States she developed an eternal love for three things: nature, books, and animation. She has written and storyboarded for television studios like DreamWorks […]

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Jessica Maison

Jessica Maison

A screenwriter, the author of many short science fiction stories like Preemptive Strike and novels like the Plastic Girl series, creator of Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: La Llorona in the Machine – a 2023 Foreword INDIES finalist for graphic […]

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S.R. Mandel

S.R. Mandel is from San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia, in that order. Her background is in literature and media; she has lived and taught in France, Japan, and the Middle East. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Apex, […]

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Victor Manibo

Victor Manibo

Victor Manibo is a Filipino speculative fiction writer living in New York. A 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow, he is the author of the science fiction noir novel THE SLEEPLESS. His next novel, ESCAPE VELOCITY, is forthcoming from Erewhon […]

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PJ Manney

PJ Manney wrote the bestselling and Philip K. Dick Award-nominated Phoenix Horizon trilogy: (R)EVOLUTION, (ID)ENTITY, and (CON)SCIENCE. A former chairperson of Humanity+, she authored “Yucky Gets Yummy: How Speculative Fiction Creates Society”​ and “Empathy in the Time of Technology: How […]

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Cat Manning

Cat Manning is a narrative designer and writer who’s interested in procedural storytelling and social simulation mechanics. She’s worked on several indie games including Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Pathologic 2. She’s also a recovering academic and classical […]

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Marshall Ryan Maresca

Marshall Ryan Maresca is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, author of the Maradaine Saga: Four braided series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called Maradaine, which includes The Thorn of Dentonhill, A Murder of […]

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TB Markinson

TB Markinson has published over 30 novels, many of them making the Amazon bestseller lists for lesbian fiction and lesbian romance. In 2017, TB founded I Heart SapphFic (iheartsapphfic.com), a place for authors and readers to come together to celebrate […]

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