Livia J. Elliot writes dark, psychological fantasy with themes around identity, struggle, self-knowledge, and the cost of knowledge. She’s currently releasing two series: Records of The Orders (a cosmic horror fantasy) and Tales of the Bookshelves (psychological fairy tales for adults).
Livia is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Books Undone, offering thematic analyses of literary speculative fiction. Finally, Livia is also the lead writer of Unearthed Stories, a mobile app publishing interactive speculative fiction.
Louise Holland is a voracious reader, writer and lover of all things fantasy. Her debut novel, Spark of the Divine (The Kalaraak Chronicles, #1), is the first of a planned trilogy in the Kalaraak Chronicles cosmere.
She has played Dungeons & Dragons for many years and uses her table’s adventures as inspiration for her works, although she tries to keep the shopping chapters to a minimum.
She currently lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she spends most of her time wearing an obscene amount of pink, playing (heavily modded) Baldur's Gate 3, and listening to a completely normal amount of Taylor Swift.
Alethea (she/ze) is the author of the supernatural dark fantasy Seer of York series, published by Brigids Gate Press and the upcoming cyberfae Legend of the Bard, published by Northodox press.
Ze writes various forms of SFF, with a particular love for science-fantasy, dark fantasy, dystopias, and folklore. Many of her works take place at the intersection between technology and magic. Ze enjoys writing stories with subtle political and philosophical messages, but primarily wants to write great tales with characters readers will love. She also has soft spots for found family, hopeless romances, and non-human characters. Zir short stories can be found in a variety of publications.
Alethea lives in Manchester, UK with her husband, little Sprite,
Palmer has been writing fiction since she was eight. She received her BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University, with concentrations in Religion and Race Relations.
She currently works in Silicon Valley in the gaming industry and high tech. In addition, Palmer holds a certificate in Chinese Acupressure, is a certified solar panel installer, and studied Tibetan Buddhism with the 14th Dalai Lama.
She lives and writes in the magical redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
