Inegbenoise Osagie is a Nigeria-based writer and editor whose fiction has appeared in West Branch, Juked, T-Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog, and elsewhere. He hopes to own two German Shepherds someday and is still deliberating on their names.

Iona Datt Sharma is a writer, lawyer, and linguaphile, and the product of more than one country. Their first short story collection, Not For Use In Navigation, was published in March 2019. Their other work can be found at www.generalist.org.uk/iona and they tweet as @singlecrow.

Isabel Cañas is a Mexican-American speculative fiction writer and graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. She is completing her PhD in Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the University of Chicago. Her debut novel The Hacienda, a tale of witchcraft and suspense set in 1820s Mexico, is forthcoming from Berkley in May 2022. To find out more, visit www.isabelcanas.com.

Isabel J. Kim is a Korean-American science fiction and fantasy writer based in New York City. When she’s not writing, she’s either attempting a legal career or co-hosting Wow If True, a podcast about internet culture–equally noble pursuits. Her work has been published in Clarkesworld and Khoreo and at Cast of Wonders. Find her at http://isabel.kim/ or @isabeljkim on twitter. 

Izzy Wasserstein is a queer and trans academic and writer of fiction and poetry. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, Fireside, and many other magazines and anthologies. She shares her life with the writer Nora E. Derrington and their furry companions. She’s an enthusiastic member of the Clarion West class of 2017.

Jacqueline Bridges was raised on B-budget sci-fi films and a well-worn library card. While she still visits her local library, she now spends her allowance on books and coffee and her dog. Jacqueline is a National Certified School Counselor in Washington State, where she resides with her husband. This is her first piece with Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

J. Kathleen Cheney is a former teacher and has taught mathematics ranging from 7th grade to Calculus. Her works have been published in Fantasy Magazine, The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe 2, and Writers of the Future XXIV. Her website can be found at www.jkathleencheney.com.

J.A. Prentice was born in the United Kingdom, grew up in the Bay Area, and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest. His short fiction has been published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Hexagon, and This World Belongs to Us, amongst others, and he wrote the audio drama episode “The Undying Truth” for Big Finish Productions. He writes and blogs at livingauthorssociety.wordpress.com and tweets as @LivingAuthors.

J.C. Snow is the author of the queer romantic fantasy duology The Phoenix and the Sword and The Shoreless River and is pursuing her childhood dream of centering queer characters and relationships in epic fantasy. On the way to the childhood dream, she earned a PhD in religious studies and has published two academic books on race and religion in American history. She lives with her wife and child and the best dog ever in the Bay Area; to learn more about her, please visit jcsnow.com.