Rafiat Lamidi

Rafiat Lamidi is a poet. Her works have been published in Eye of the Telescope, Lolwe, Isele Magazine, Lucent Dreaming, and elsewhere. Her twitter is @rauvsbunny

Inda Lauryn

Inda Lauryn hails from the South but made her way Midwest when she needed a change in her life and a new start to pursue her life’s true passion. She writes fiction in the mornings and works as an editor and writing tutor during the day. Her fiction has previously appeared in Strange Horizons. She is the co-host of the podcast Black Girl Squee and hosts a biweekly radio show called The Black Swan Collective on Mixcloud. She also produces and narrates a personal audio essay series Inda’s Corner also found on Mixcloud. You can also find her random thoughts on Twitter @IndasCorner.

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Briana Lawrence

Briana Lawrence is a freelance writer and self-published author who’s trying her best to cosplay as a responsible adult. Her writing tends to focus on the importance of representation, whether it’s through her multiple book series, or the pieces she writes for various websites. When she’s not writing about diversity, she’s speaking about it at different geek-centric conventions across the country, as she’s a black, queer, nerd girl at heart. After de-transforming from her magical girl state, she indulges in an ever-growing pile of comics, marathons too much anime, and dedicates an embarrassing amount of time to JRPGs. Find her online at Twitter @BrichibiTweets; website: magnifiquenoir.com; or on Facebook for both cosplay and her book series.

T.K. Lê

T.K. Lê is a writer and adjunct instructor from Westminster, California. She is currently writing a poetry collection called In This Strange Place. She is an alum of the VONA Voices summer writing workshop and a 2019 PEN America Emerging Voices fellow. Her fiction has been featured in Strange Horizons. Find her at tk-le.com or on Twitter @tk_le_tired.

Angel Leal

Angel Leal (they/she) is a Latine, trans, ace writer who has several witches in the family. They are a 2025 Clarion West fellow, a poetry editor for OTHERSIDE, and their previous work appears in Uncanny, Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, and We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 published by Neon Hemlock Press. They’ve been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Rhysling, Best of the Net, the Utopia Award, and Best New Poets. You can find them at angel-leal.com or on Bluesky @angelvleal.bsky.social

Hana Lee

Hana Lee is a biracial Korean American writer who also builds software for a living; she holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in artificial intelligence from Stanford University. In her downtime, she enjoys knitting, crochet, and video games. She lives in California with her partner and two fluffy cats. Her debut novel, Magebike Courier, will be published by Saga Press / Simon & Schuster in 2024.

Mary Soon Lee

Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for over twenty years. Her two latest books are from opposite ends of the poetry spectrum: Elemental Haiku, containing haiku for the periodic table, and The Sign of the Dragon, an epic fantasy with Chinese elements, winner of the 2021 Elgin Award. She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com) and an equally cryptic Twitter account (@MarySoonLee).

P. H. Lee

P. H. Lee’s fiction has also appeared in Worlds Without Master. In addition to their writing, P. H. Lee has worked as a game developer, tutor, graphic designer, and administrative assistant. Their hobbies include translating the Chinese classics and reading Wikipedia. They live together with several other people, far from the bells of the city.

Wen-yi Lee

Wen-yi Lee likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. She is the author of historical fantasy When They Burned the Butterfly and YA horror The Dark We Know, and has also published speculative fiction and essays in venues like Lightspeed, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Reactor, and various anthologies. A University College London alum, she is currently based at home in Singapore. You can find her on socials @wenyilee_ and otherwise at wenyileewrites.com.

Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee’s debut novel, Ninefox Gambit, won the Locus Award for best first novel and was a finalist for Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards; its sequels, Raven Stratagem and Revenant Gun, were also Hugo finalists. His middle grade novel Dragon Pearl won the Mythopoeic Award and was a New York Times bestseller. He has a collection of fairy tales forthcoming in October from Andrews McMeel, The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales. Yoon lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy catten, and has not yet been eaten by gators. You can follow him on Twitter as @deuceofgears.