Naseem Jamnia is the Markowitz Award-winning author of inclusive speculative fiction for adults, teens, and kids. Their debut novella, The Bruising of Qilwa, set in a queernormative Persian-inspired secondary world, was a finalist for the IAFA Crawford, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. They were also a finalist for the 2023 Astounding Award. Their middle grade fungal horror debut, The Glade, came out in 2025. Naseem is the layout editor at Sword & Kettle Press, a tiny cooperatively owned publishing house of queer and inclusive speculative fiction, the Nevada chapter colead for Authors Against Book Bans, and a founder of both Freedom to Read Nevada and the Collective for Nevada Libraries. They live outside Reno with their geologist husband and four furred creatures. Learn more and join their newsletter: NaseemWrites.com.