S. A. (Austin) Chant is a novelist, prize-winning pie baker, and ardent tabletop gaming enthusiast. They are the author of three novels: Peter Darling, Coffee Boy, and Caroline’s Heart. They live in Seattle with a frightening amount of books and a cat who was recently described as a ‘gooey cryptid.’

Find them on Twitter @essaychant and on Instagram @s.a.chant.

Recent Projects and Publications:

• Fantastic Intersections: Speculative Fiction and Romance. Panel with the Seattle Public Library and Clarion West.
• Building Trans-Inclusive Worlds. Workshop on gender-diverse worldbuilding for Clarion West.
• “High Maintenance.” Short story published in Your Body Is Not Your Body, an anthology of trans-authored horror, from Tenebrous Press.
• The Speculation Postcard Club. Epistolary microfiction club on Patreon.