Bio: Lily Raper is a writer with an Associate of Arts degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock and she is currently working on her Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and biology. She has published a few poems in local magazines, written a short play produced by a school in New York, and is looking forward to seeing how far her writing will take her. Her studies in biology will inform her passion for speculative fiction and especially well-rounded worldbuilding. Her hobbies include writing and creating art, and she loves science fiction, reptiles, and historical fashion.