J.S. Absher’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in May 2022 by Kelsay Press, seven years after his first full-length book, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the Lena Shull Book Contest from the North Carolina Poetry Society. His long poem, “Nephi on the Tower,” was recently published in Irreantum. He lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife, Patti.
Randy Astle is a filmmaker and screenwriter for animation and children’s media in New York. He served as Irreantum‘s film editor from 2006 to 2008, and his book Mormon Cinema: Origins to 1952 won the AML Award in criticism in 2018. He’s slowly but steadily working on the next volume.
Marcelo Bighetti escreve fantasia e ficção científica desde 2008, tendo vários contos publicados. É membro da Hardcover Storytelling Academy, LDSPMA (Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts), ANWA (The American Night Writers Association). É fundador da Amazing Mind Academy, cofundador da ABESUD (Associação Brasileira de Escritores Santos dos Últimos Dias) e cofundador da revista online de ficção científica Táquion FC. Foi editor da revista de ficção científica Somnium. Seu conto “Novo Início” é um bestseller na Amazon. “As inteligências” foi publicado inicialmente em Aquilo que nos move, editado por Rex P. Nielson e Kent S. Larsen.
Marcelo Bighetti has been writing fantasy and science fiction since 2008, with many published short stories. He is a member of Hardcover Storytelling Academy, LDSPMA (Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts), and ANWA (The American Night Writers Association). Bighetti is the founder of the Amazing Mind Academy, cofounder of ABESUD (Associação Brasileira de Escritores Santos dos Últimos Dias) and cofounder of the science fiction online magazine Táquion FC. He was the editor of the science fiction online magazine Somnium. His short story “Novo Início” was a bestseller on Amazon. “The Intelligences” was first published in Aquilo que nos move, edited by Rex P. Nielson and Kent S. Larsen.
Kelly Burdick is a poet, artist, and librarian living in a tiny town in the Inland Northwest. Their writing has appeared in Ligeia, Segullah, Inscape, and elsewhere. They are a founding editor of the chicken-centric art and poetry zine COOP: chickens of our poetry. You can find more of their work at kellyerin.com.
Katherine Cowley‘s debut novel, The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, was the winner of LDSPMA’s Praiseworthy Award for Best Suspense/Mystery novel. The book was also nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and was a finalist for the Whitney Awards. Her other novels are The True Confessions of a London Spy and The Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception. Her Mormon short fiction has appeared in the Mormon Lit Blitz and Segullah. She has taught writing classes at Brigham Young University, Mesa Community College, and Western Michigan University. She lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband and three daughters.
Ana Enriques: Nací en Mendoza, Argentina, el 20 de noviembre de 1992. Soy Licenciada en Letras (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo) y escritora, por lo que he ganado algunos reconocimientos locales. Actualmente, me desempeño como docente de Literatura. Desde hace ya varios años escribo microrrelatos y haikus, que comparto a través de las redes sociales y, desde 2021, por medio de un pódcast llamado Tesoros escondidos. Desde 2018 formo parte del colectivo de narradores orales A Viva Voz, nacido en el contexto de un proyecto de Prácticas Socioeducativas. Como miembro de dicho grupo, llevo a cabo actividades que se proponen difundir la literatura tradicional y rescatar la importancia de la oralidad, tales como el recitado de textos cortos en calles y plazas y rondas de narración en bibliotecas populares y otros espacios. También he participado como tallerista en varios proyectos relacionados con la literatura y la escritura creativa.
Ana Enriques: I was born in Mendoza, Argentina, on November 20, 1992. I have a BA in Literature (National University of Cuyo), and I am a writer who has won some local awards. Currently, I work as a Literature teacher. For several years now, I have been writing short stories and haikus, which I share through social media. I have also been sharing these through a podcast called Tesoros escondidos since 2021. Starting in 2018, I became part of a group of oral storytellers called A Viva Voz, which was created within a broader Socio-educational Practices project. As a member of this group, I carry out activities that seek to promote traditional literature and to generate awareness of the importance of orality. This is done, for example, by reciting short texts on city streets and town squares and by holding narration rounds in public libraries and other spaces. I have also participated as a workshop facilitator in various projects related to literature and creative writing.
Elizabeth Cranford Garcia’s work has appeared in publications such as Boxcar Poetry Review, 491 Magazine, Yellow Chair Review, Mom Egg Review, Psaltery & Lyre, as well as two anthologies, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart prize. She is the current Poetry Editor for Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought. Her first chapbook, Stunt Double, was published in 2015 through Finishing Line Press. She’s a SAHM of three in Acworth, Georgia. Read more of her work at elizabethcgarcia.wordpress.com.
Gabriel González Núñez is an Associate Professor of Translation at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of ten children’s books (Penguin Random House Uruguay 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), a short story collection titled Rumbos (Jade Publishing 2021), a poetry collection titled Ese golpe de luz (FlowerSong Press 2020), and a bilingual chapbook titled El ciclo / The Cycle (Center for Latter-day Saint Arts 2020). He is the translator of poet Javier Fuentes Vargas’ Vaho/Mist (FlowerSong Press 2021) into English. He is also a founding member of Cofradía de Letras Mormonas, a Mormon letters association in Spanish, and the translations editor for Irreantum. González Núñez was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Gabriel González Núñez es profesor titular de Traducción en La Universidad de Texas en el Valle del Río Grande. Ha publicado diez libros para niños (Penguin Random House Uruguay 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), la antología de cuentos Rumbos (Jade Publishing 2021), el poemario Ese golpe de luz FlowerSong Press 2020) y el plaquette digital bilingüe El ciclo / The Cycle (Center for Latter-day Saint Arts 2020). Tradujo el poemario Vaho / Mist (FlowerSong Press 2020) del poeta salvadoreño Javier Fuentes Vargas. También es socio fundador de la Cofradía de Letras Mormonas y el editor de traducciones de Irreantum. González Núñez es oriundo de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Scott Hales is a writer and cartoonist originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of The Garden of Enid: Adventures of a Weird Mormon Girl and Hemingway in Paradise and Other Mormon Poems. His writing has appeared in Irreantum, BYU Studies, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Dialogue, Literature and the Arts, The Edgar Allan Poe Review, International Journal of Comic Art, and other print publications. He works as a writer and historian for the Church History Department in Salt Lake City. He currently lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah.
Conor Hilton reversed the trek of his pioneer ancestors a few years ago to undertake a PhD at the University of Iowa. He primarily focuses on Gothic literature from the long 19th century, increasingly dabbling in the world of Mormon letters as a critic and fiction writer. You can find him on twitter @TheConorHilton.
Kent Larsen has translated both poetry and fiction from Portuguese and Spanish. He also has long standing research interests in Mormon Literature, the history of the LDS Church in New York City and in Global Mormonism. A resident of New York City for more than 30 years, Kent is currentlya graduate student in English at CUNY’s Hunter College.
J. McMullin was first exposed to Mormon Lit. while working as a teaching assistant for Steven Peck at BYU. He currently practices law in Alberta, Canada, but prefers the prestige and lavish lifestyle that comes from writing short stories. His magical-realism has been published in the anthology Canadian Shorts II. You can connect with him on Twitter: @JMwriteswords.
Tygan Shelton‘s story “The Missionary” appeared in Daily Science Fiction. He grew up in Montana and Idaho and is a graduate of the once and future BYU 100 Hour Board. He now lives in Wisconsin with his wife and two children, where he reads and writes code and speculative fiction. He can be reached on Twitter @tyganthered, and @
Darlene Young’s poetry collection, Homespun and Angel Feathers (BCC Press, 2019), won the Association for Mormon Letters prize for poetry, and she has forthcoming collections from BCC Press and Signature. A recipient of the Smith-Pettit award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters, she teaches Creative Writing at Brigham Young University. She has served as poetry editor of Dialogue journal and Segullah. Her work has been noted in Best American Essays and nominated for Pushcart prizes. She lives in South Jordan, Utah. Find her on facebook or @darlylar.