STEPHEN SPOTSWOOD is an award-winning playwright, journalist, and educator. As a journalist, he has spent much of the last two decades writing about the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the struggles of wounded veterans. His dramatic work has been widely produced across the United States and he is the winner of the 2021 Nero Award for best American mystery. He makes his home in Washington, D.C. with his wife, young adult author Jessica Spotswood.

JANE PEK was born and grew up in Singapore. She holds a BA from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, and an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. Her short fiction has appeared in THE BROOKLYN REVIEW, WITNESS, CONJUNCTIONS, LITERARY HUB, and twice in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES. She currently lives in New York, where she works as a lawyer at a global investment company.

Stephen Spotswood, discussing SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD with Jane Pek