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Interview with Peyton June, Author of The Monsters We Made

Peyton June is an author and illustrator from the Midwest. She writes about spooky small towns and the messy queer kids who survive them. When she’s not creating, Peyton enjoys riding her fifty-year-old Schwinn bicycle, collecting antique photographs, and ghost hunting. She lives outside Seattle, Washington. The Monsters We Made follows 18-year-old Claire, who fabricates

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Interview with Samantha Chong, Author of Prodigal Tiger

Samantha Chong is a Malaysian-born writer whose work explores identity, belonging, and the pull of home through myth-infused storytelling. Raised in Penang and now based in New York, she draws deeply from Southeast Asian folklore and her own experiences of diaspora. Her debut novel, Prodigal Tiger, is a young adult fantasy that reimagines Malaysian spirits,

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Interview with Camille Stochitch, Author of Love Goes Viral

Camille Stochitch is a Paris-born author, director, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, where she has lived and worked for over a decade. She studied American literature at the Sorbonne before building a successful career in film and television, co-creating original projects and earning recognition on the festival circuit. Alongside her creative partner and husband,

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