About the Author

Valley C. Shaia (she/her/hers) is a Lebanese-American, born and raised in Virginia, but somehow ended up in Massachusetts with her MFA in Creative Writing for Young People. Additionally, she is a member of Writing With The Soul, Tin House YA ’22, and a scholarship recipient of the Highlights Foundation. Her poems, “divisible by two” and “echoes,” are published in the inaugural issue of the literary journal, The Tonic. She daylights as a narrative designer for Hasbro, and her favorite games are MONOPOLY Barbie and MONOPOLY Disney Villains Henchmen, which is fateful considering she is a fabulous villainess herself. When she’s not writing, you can find her cooking hushwee for her partner, pulling tarot cards while watching Buffy with her two cats, or chugging coffee in indie New England bookstores.