Marieke Nijkamp is a lifelong student of stories, language, and ideas, she spends as much time in fictional worlds as she does the real world. Sylvia Bi is a senior designer at Random House Children's Books. @Michelekiricha1 interviewed Marieke and Sylvia buff.ly/SnmDmRK

Mira Ong Chua (they/them) is a storyboard artist and independent comics creator based in Los Angeles. Their queer romance stories focus on vibrant, genre-defying, gender-non-conforming characters, inspired by cartoons and anime. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Mira buff.ly/UdP4wu0

Adeline Kon is a freelance illustrator and designer from Miami who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in illustration. Just Between Us is their debut graphic novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Adeline, which you can read on the Geeks OUT blog. buff.ly/afjODFF

Myra Rose is a comic artist and Illustrator located in Upstate New York. Having worked on comic covers for Boom! Studios, she is excited to release her debut graphic novel Lovely Recipe with Random House Graphic. @[email protected] interviewed Myra buff.ly/hHnbIfZ

Ngozi Ukazu is a New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author and the creator of Check, Please!, an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded webcomics Kickstarter ever. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Ukazu buff.ly/LzfJmgq

Amy Chu is a self-starting Harvard graduate who formed her own company, Alpha Girl Comics, in 2010. Soo Lee is a Cartoonist and Illustrator residing in New York City who is most known for her comics and graphic novels. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Amy and Soo buff.ly/v2del7l

Velinxi (Xiao Tong Kong) is a webcomic creator, illustrator, and aspiring novelist. Her chronic daydreaming has led to the creation of Countdown to Countdown, DPS Only! and most recently- Daughter of a Thousand Faces. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Velinxi buff.ly/v3jCvlQ

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. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Lyla buff.ly/xkYGe6C

C.G.Esperanza was born the 2nd of 6 cool kids. The South Bronx is where he first opened his eyelids. A land shrouded in bright colored decay, the birthplace of graffiti & hip-hop! He paints fantasy worlds of elephants, and castles too! @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.G. buff.ly/sDYA70K

LINDSEY BYRD grew up in NY before moving abroad for graduate research studies. She is an amateur birder, enjoys going for hikes to take photos of nature, all forms of speculative fiction, and is an avid researcher of history. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Lindsey buff.ly/JQmVZmb

K. Valentin is the author of the fantasy novel, An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder. She has also been published in the Bag of Bones Horror Anthology, Cosmos: An Anthology of Dark Microfiction and the Latino Book Review Magazine. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. buff.ly/OIOM2ji

Sabina Nordqvist began writing as a way to distract herself from chronic pain and illness, and before long, she couldn’t stop creating imaginary worlds and swoony book boyfriends. IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD is her debut novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Sabrina buff.ly/fSBEAwR

Ayana Gray is a New York Times bestselling author. Her works have been translated into eleven languages across five continents. She currently lives and writes in Arkansas. I, Medusa is her adult debut. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Ayana buff.ly/FdOHwJE

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. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Crimson buff.ly/DuM48Qx

Born in sweltering Singapore, Celine Ong (she/they) was raised in mosh pits, and writes queer romance novels about chaos gremlins with bad manners, weird feelings, and big hearts. Hold Me Like a Grudge is their debut novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Celine buff.ly/9iKMT2f

Caitlin Rozakis is the pen name of Rebecca Rozakis. She has had many career changes, including mechanical engineering, and the American Museum of Natural History (who knew emus had birth certificates?) @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Caitlin buff.ly/v4Bv2tq

Angela Hsieh is a Taiwanese American author and illustrator whose debut graphic novel, Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology, received a starred review from Booklist and was chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Angela buff.ly/ugUcHtq

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. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Freya buff.ly/qD4Ullx

C.L. Clark (they/she) is a BFA award-winning editor and Ignyte award-winning author of several books, including The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost trilogy), Fate’s Bane (a novella), and Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf (an Arcane novel). @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.L. buff.ly/MxW4Vwd

My great pleasure to discuss with @michelekiricha1.bsky.social about my new book Queering the Asian Diaspora (@sagepub) for @geeksout.bsky.social .

Frances Cha taught at Ewha Womans Univ. and Yonsei Univ. and currently teaches undergraduate fiction at Columbia Univ. Frances's debut novel If I Had Your Face was named one of the best books of the year by Time, NPR, BBC, and Esquire. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Frances buff.ly/5OmA6pV

Hongwei Bao is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality and transcultural intimacy. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Hongwei buff.ly/74bV5cZ

In honor of Ace Week, this very Ace author is promoting their non fiction book on asexuality, Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World! This book was a labor of love for a community I’m proud to be a part of. #aceweek #asexuality us.jkp.com/products/ace...

Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including retold fairy tales, A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Alix buff.ly/6NEQd9q

K. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. Local Heavens is her debut novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/KXGKEY1

Taylor Grothe is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB horror writer with an MFA from Fairfield University. Taylor acted as a special editor for the Brevity special issue Trans Experience in 2022. Hollow is their debut novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Taylor buff.ly/W5DTfQR

Jihyun Yun is a Korean American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her full length poetry collection SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Her debut young adult novel AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN is out now. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jihyun buff.ly/nPSkcct

Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Chloe buff.ly/KomuH7E

K. M. Enright is the Sunday Times bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES and its sequel LORD OF RUIN. When not writing, he can be found playing too many video games, cooking, or listening to Broadway musicals. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed K. M. buff.ly/HdeMexg

Goldy Moldavsky's novels include the NYT bestseller KILL THE BOY BAND, NO GOOD DEED, and THE MARY SHELLEY CLUB. Her love of 80s movies, 90s boy bands, and horror flicks hugely influences her work. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Goldy buff.ly/lxy9kPo

Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He is the New York Times bestselling author of You’ve Reached Sam and When Haru Was Here. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Dustin buff.ly/XLGTJUj

Deatra Cohen is an author, herbalist, and artist. She holds degrees from the University of California, Davis, San Jose State University, and the Berkeley Herbal Center. Adam Siegel is an author, translator, and bibliographer. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Deatra and Adam buff.ly/ipFH23c

Gale Galligan is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations of Dawn and the Impossible Three, Kristy's Big Day, Boy-Crazy Stacey, and Logan Likes Mary Anne! by Ann M. Martin. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Gale buff.ly/2l68ysD

Maddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can now find Maddie in New York City, filling her tiny apartment with an unwieldy number of books. The Maiden and Her Monster is her first novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Maddie Martinez buff.ly/PAm8DIa

Matthew H. Sommer is a social and legal historian of China in the Qing dynasty. His research focuses on gender, sexuality, and family. The main source for his work is original legal case records from local and central archives in China @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Matthew buff.ly/nCaUi4s

Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian. She is the author of A Palace Near the Wind, Linghun, and I AM AI. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Ai buff.ly/2WNdk9y

Mike Curato is an author and illustrator of books for children, teens, and adults. He is best known for his young adult graphic novel, Flamer. Mike’s debut adult graphic novel, Gaysians, released in June of 2025 to critical acclaim. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Mike buff.ly/mNAFsyU

Jennifer Dugan is the author of the graphic novel Coven, and the YA novels Playing For Keeps, and The Last Girls Standing. Kit Seaton has illustrated Coven by Jennifer Dugan, and Leigh Bardugo’s Wonder Woman: Warbringer. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Jennifer and Kit buff.ly/0fud1bB

C.B. Lee is an author of YA and middle grade fiction, including the NYT Bestseller Minecraft: The Shipwreck. Their works also include A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix & the Lambda Literary Award-nominated Sidekick Squad series @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed C.B. buff.ly/8lHi9lN

Julia Riew is a composer-lyricist, playwright, and novelist best known for her viral hit DIVE. Brad Riew is an MFA candidate in Fiction at NYU. The Last Tiger, co-written with his younger sister Julia Riew, is his first novel. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Julia and Brad buff.ly/5sWvG7i

Lucy Knisley is the author & illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, & family. Her Alex Award-winning graphic novel, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, tells the story of her childhood steeped in the food industry @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Lucy buff.ly/zFK2LW7

Josh Galarza is a writer, printmaker and book artist from Northern Nevada. After a career in Montessori education, he earned a BA in English and BFA in art from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he later taught printmaking. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Josh buff.ly/Cyr4l5I

Victoria Grace Elliott is a queer comic artist. Please Be My Star is their YA romance debut and loving reinterpretation of Phantom of the Opera. They are also the creator of the fantasy webcomic balderdash! or, a tale of two witches. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Victoria buff.ly/cc6DwOy

Purpah is an artist and writer based in Burbank, California. They earned a BFA in Illustration and has since gone on to create "Suitor Armor" on WEBTOON as well as writing for other projects. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Purpah buff.ly/pCkDrbT

Andrew Joseph White is the trans, autistic, and bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Compound Fracture, and more. His work focuses on the intersection of transgender and autistic identity. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Andrew buff.ly/OcpAUkM

Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the nationally bestselling author of the books Four Lost Cities and Stories Are Weapons, and the novels The Terraformers, The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Annalee buff.ly/QAvNgQS

Miranda is a Washington-based comic artist and layout designer. They strive to tell stories that have a deep emotional impact on readers and inspire people to reflect on their lives and in turn learn or heal something about themselves. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Miranda buff.ly/tfkVpe8

Emily Yu-Xuan Qin has a Master of Arts from the University of Calgary. She is a first-generation immigrant to Canada. As a child, she was sluggish in learning English—until she picked up her first Animorphs book. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Emily buff.ly/BWyAC1x

Bobbie Pyron has worked in libraries and bookstores in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah and has been active in local animal rescue work for many years. She’s the author of A Pup Called Trouble, A Dog’s Way Home, and Stay. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Bobbie buff.ly/0GQc8fO

Sher Lee writes young adult novels with Asian characters. She lives in Singapore and has an abiding love for local street food (including an incredible weakness for xiao long bao). She has two adorable corgis, Clover and Spade. @Michelekiricha1.bsky.social interviewed Sher buff.ly/tZDg6Js