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Rakesh Satyal

RAKESH SATYAL is an Executive Editor who specializes in serious narrative nonfiction, as well as literary fiction and fiction in translation. He acquires across all the HarperOne lists — HarperOne, Amistad,

Isabela Oliveira

Co-owner of Speculatively Queer, Isabela Oliveira has been a professional editor for years, from technical documents to pop culture content. While attending college, she kept busy as the poetry editor and later

Jed Sabin

Co-owner of Speculatively Queer, Jed Sabin is a jack-of-all-trades with professional experience as an editor, writer, scientist, project coordinator, and logistics manager. They were editor-in-chief of their college student newspaper, and they

L. Timmel Duchamp

L. Timmel Duchamp is the publisher of Aqueduct Press, which she founded in 2004. Her work has been on the Otherwise Honor list multiple times and a finalist for the Sturgeon,

Claudia Alexandra Paras

Claudia Alexandra Paras is a mixed-race writer, born and raised in the Philippines who immigrated to the U.S. when she was 18. Writing has been her most patient and challenging life-long

Stephanie Tayengco

The following could all apply to Stephanie Tayengco—technologist, writer, visual artist, excavator, historian, taxonomist, cartographer, motorcyclist, mariner, angler, and dog fancier. She endeavors to apply these modes of being to

Melissa Watkinson

Melissa Watkinson-Schutten is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She calls the Salish Sea home and works to ensure equitable access to the marine environment. Her most published work is

Portia Botchway

Portia Botchway is a Halfrican and a lifelong learner, athlete, and explorer. She immersed herself in writing while attending a public, boarding, arts high school in South Carolina; and takes

Aleyda Cervantes

Aleyda Marisol Cervantes is a self-identified third-world woman. She is also a TEDx presenter and an advocate for immigrant communities. Her work appears in PALABRITAS, Acentos Review, and We Need a

Alayna Erhart

Alayna Erhart is a biracial Chinese American artist based in Seattle, Washington. Her mediums of filmmaking, photography, music, and writing are guided by her conviction to celebrate the bold, brave,