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L. D. Lewis (she/her) is an editor, publisher, and Shirley Jackson award-nominated writer of speculative fiction. She serves as a founding creator and Project Manager for the World Fantasy and Hugo Award-winning FIYAH Literary Magazine. She also serves as the founding Director of (Hugo-nominated) FIYAHCON, Researcher for the (also award-winning) LeVar Burton Reads podcast, and pays the bills as the Director of Programs and Operations for Lambda Literary. She once chaired a Nebula Conference and Tech Directed a Nebula Award Ceremony (but hasn’t quite won a Nebula), and she runs the Ignyte Awards alongside Suzan Palumbo. She is the author of A Ruin of Shadows (Dancing Star Press, 2018) and her published short fiction and poetry includes numer ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 14,016 ratings · 2,840 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele (Editor/Introduction), Erin E. Adams (Goodreads Author), Violet Allen 3.74 avg rating — 13,427 ratings — published 2023 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jason Reynolds (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 851 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Ruin of Shadows 4.04 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die by Dave Ring (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Saida Agostini, Elly Bangs 4.07 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year of the Mer 3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Withheld 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021 by L.D. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Payseur (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireside Quarterly Spring 2020 by L.D. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Larissa Irankunda, Sangeetha Thanapal 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am currently scarce and battling burnout (my body let me know before I knew) but hope to be recovered in time for some festivities next month!

I will be live and in color at this year’s WorldCon in DC from December 15-20. I will also be in a mask (and probably in my room/elsewhere in the city oftentimes) so good luck finding me. But if you can, say hi. I promise I don’t typically bite. I’m going

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