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Karen Osborne

KAREN OSBORNE is a speculative fiction writer and visual storyteller living in Baltimore. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and won awards for her news & opinion writing in New York, Florida, and Maryland. […]

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Suzan Palumbo

Suzan Palumbo is a Trinidadian Canadian Speculative fiction writer whose short work has been nominated for the Nebula, Aurora and World Fantasy Award. She also cofounded the Ignyte Awards with L.D. Lewis. Her dark fantasy/horror collection, “Skin Thief: Stories” published […]

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Glenn Parris

mystery.  Considered by some an expert in Afrofuturism, he is a self-described lifelong sci-fi nerd. His interest in the topic began as a tween before the term Afrofuturism was even coined. As a graduate of The Bronx High School of […]

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Ben Passmore

Ben Passmore’s work ranges from the wild to the wildly autobiographical, containing cold takes on politics, anarchism, police brutality, history, sports, and black identity. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Believer magazine, and MOMA magazine. He is […]

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Carrie Patel (she/her)

“Carrie Patel is a Senior Narrative Designer and Game Director at Obsidian Entertainment, where she has worked on The Outer Worlds and Pillars of Eternity franchises. She wrote for the original Pillars of Eternity and The White March expansions, worked […]

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Monique Patterson

Monique Patterson is vice president and editorial director of Bramble. The quote “All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town,” by Leo Tolstoy, is one of her favorites, […]

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Leanbh Pearson

Leanbh Pearson

Leanbh Pearson (Any) lives on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra, Australia. An award-winning LGBTQI and disability author of horror and dark fantasy, her writing is inspired by folklore, fairytales, myth, history and climate. She’s judged the Australian Shadows Awards, Aurealis Awards, […]

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Liz Pelletier

Liz Pelletier is co-founder and managing partner of Savvy Media Services, which owns Savvy Authors, Savvy Readers, and Entangled Publishing. In addition to running a successful online writing community, Liz is an award-winning author, a workshop instructor, and a freelance […]

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Leslye Penelope

Leslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author. Her novel Song of Blood & Stone was chosen as one of TIME Magazine’s […]

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