by Michele Kirichanskaya | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog
Sam Wachman is a writer from Cambridge, Massachusetts with Ukrainian roots. His work has appeared in Sonora Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, and River Styx. Before writing The Sunflower Boys, he taught English to primary schoolers in central Ukraine and worked with...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Jan 16, 2026 | Blog
Lyla Lee is the bestselling author of YA books about K-pop, K-dramas, and reality TV as well as the Mindy Kim series for younger readers. Her books have been translated into multiple languages around the world. Originally from South Korea, she’s lived in various...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Dec 17, 2025 | Blog
Crimson Chains is a self-taught artist who has always loved to create comics and stories. Star themes and aesthetics are some of her favorite things to create, and Star Crossed is her first published work. I had the opportunity to interview Crimson, which you can read...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Nov 12, 2025 | Blog
Freya Marske is a USA Today bestselling author and has been nominated for two Hugo Awards. Her books include Swordcrossed and A Marvellous Light, which was an international bestseller and won the Romantic Novel Award for Fantasy. She lives in Australia. I had the...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
Hongwei Bao (he/him) is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. He is part of the Fifth Word Playwrights, GOBS Spoken Word Collective and Nottingham Playhouse Writers’ Room. He is also a Middle Way Mentee for writing fiction and a New...
