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rif">E. M. Anderson</strong><span> </span>(they/she) is a queer, neurodivergent writer and the author of<span> </span><em>The Keeper of Lonely Spirits</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>The Lord of the Wood</em>. Their work has appeared in SJ Whitby’s<span> </span><em>Awakenings: A Cute Mutants Anthology</em><span> </span>and Wyldblood Press’s<span> </span><em>From the Depths: A Fantasy Anthology</em>, among other publications.</p></div></div><div style="display:flex"><img alt="Headshot of Nina Simpson" src="https://dev-awpwriter-static.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/imis_misc/writer-to-writer/Season_24/Fiction/NinaSimpson.jpg" style="vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:150px;padding-top:18px;margin-left:20px"><div><h3 style="line-height:normal;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:20.799999px;font-family:"Lubalin Graph Book",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mentee: Nina Simpson</h3><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.875em"><strong style="font-weight:bold;font-family:"Avant Garde Gothic Bold",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Nina Simpson</strong><span> </span>is a recent graduate of the University of California, Riverside, and a lifelong lover of stories. From fantasy and science fiction to poetry and memoirs, they love creating and expressing all kinds of stories across all kinds of genres.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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