M. M. Olivas (she/her) is a transwoman, and first-generation Chicana whose work explores the intersection of those experiences. Olivas is an alumna of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop and the Lambda Literary Award. An Ignyte finalist and featured on the Stoker’s longlist, Olivas’ fiction as appeared to critical acclaim in Uncanny, Apex, Weird Horror, and Bourbon Penn Magazine, though this will be Olivas’s first publication in F&SF. Olivas’s debut novel, Sundown in San Ojuela, earned acclaim for portraying how Mexico’s indigenous and colonial pasts haunt the present. Olivas currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and