Contributors
Courtney T. Gillen is a filmmaker, writer and artist who also has schizophrenia. She lives with her wife in Vancouver, Canada, where she spends her time working on that elusive first novel, hanging out by the ocean, and crushing stigma like a pop can—basically, living the dream.1 Articles
Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is a half-blind, half-deaf, half-Scandinavian horror & SFF writer who lives in New Jersey with her husband. Her fiction appears in many tabletop roleplaying games, including the upcoming Dead Scare, and Green Ronin's Blue Rose. She's also included in the Ghost in the Cogs anthology from Broken Eye Books. She has an MA in Women's History from Sarah Lawrence College, and her non-fiction can be found on Feminist Sonar, and other places on the internet. When she's not scribbling out ideas, she can be found walking her hound dog on revolutionary war battlefields, and advocating for people with disabilities for better access to tabletop gaming.1 Articles
Sally J. Pla is the author of The Someday Birds (HarperCollins, Jan 24, 2017). She has three sons, a spouse, and an enormous fluffy dog, and lives near lots of lemon trees in San Diego, where she’s working on her next book.1 Articles
Originally from the exact center of nowhere in Texas, Amalie Greenway has moved thirteen times in the past seven years, accompanied by OCD (acquired at age 8) and severe migraines (age 4). She has settled—for now—in the chilly Midwest, where she grumbles about the cold and works as a nanny to several wonderful little girls, while writing and revising novels in her “free time.”1 Articles
Bethanie Borst is a 13-year-old with ADD and ASD. She writes twisted middle-grade fairy tales with her mom, Amie. Their first book, Cinderskella, released October 2014!1 Articles
Heather McConnell is originally from New Jersey, and currently lives in Oxford, UK. She has experience working as, among other things, a high school teacher, bar trivia DJ, limousine dispatcher, party motivator, and nanny. Her main interests are feminism, crossword puzzles, and the occasional nap. When she's not working, she runs the blog I Was a High School Feminist.1 Articles
Mike Moody is a 27-year-old Disfigured trans woman living in the UK. She makes music and writes when executive function and inspiration (in that order) allow, and takes semi-regular trips to Florida to be with her girlfriend, where she is too hot in the summer and just right in the winter. Mike tweets @guysmiley22, probably a little too much for her mental health.1 Articles
Haddayr Copley-Woods writes dark fantasy, erotica, and science fiction stories; as well as essays and radio commentaries on various topics including disability issues. Her work is published in places like Strange Horizons, Minnesota Public Radio, and Best American Erotica. You can find most of her fiction and nonfiction at her website.2 Articles
Getty Hesse is a high school student in Texas who has struggled with depression for several years now. His short fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction.1 Articles
Jennifer J. Johnson is an online student at Southern New Hampshire University, working on a Masters in English and Creative Writing. She primarily exists as a recluse and cat lady-in-training, but leads a full life with the advent of Netflix and Amazon Prime. Her hobbies revolve around science fiction, petting cute animals, finding historical inaccuracies in fiction, and learning to spell all the conditions that parental exposure to Agent Orange are linked to. Jennifer is currently trying to watch every film on the National Film Registry and to write a children's book about living with severe airborne allergies.1 Articles