FOZ MEADOWS (all pronouns) is a queer Australian author, essayist, reviewer and poet. She has won two Best Fan Writer awards (a Hugo Award in 2019 and a Ditmar Award in 2017) for yelling on the internet, and has also received the Norma K. Hemming Award in 2018 for her queer Shakespearean novella, CORAL BONES. Her essays, reviews, poetry and short fiction have appeared in various venues, including UNCANNY MAGAZINE, APEX MAGAZINE, GOBLIN FRUIT, THE HUFFINGTON POST and STRANGE HORIZONS. Foz currently lives in California with her family. A STRANGE AND STUBBORN ENDURANCE is her fifth novel.

ZABÉ ELLOR is the author of SILK FIRE, as well as the YA contemporary novels MAY THE BEST MAN WIN (Roaring Brook Press) and ACTING THE PART (HarperTeen). A graduate of Cornell University, he currently lives in southern California. An avid reader and writer, his non-literary interests include running, hiking, and camping.

Foz Meadows in discussion with Zabé Ellor