Press Kit
STANDARD BIO (~100 words)
Kelsea Yu is a Taiwanese Chinese American writer who is eternally enthusiastic about sharks and appreciates a good ghost story. Over a dozen of her short stories and essays appear in Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, Fantasy, and elsewhere. Her debut novella, Bound Feet, was a Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and her next novella, Demon Song, will be published by Titan Books in 2025. Kelsea’s first novel, It’s Only a Game, is published by Bloomsbury. Find her on Instagram and Twitter as @anovelescape or visit her website kelseayu.com. Kelsea lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children, and a pile of art supplies.
SHORT BIO (~50 words)
Kelsea Yu is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Bound Feet, It’s Only a Game, and Demon Song. She has over a dozen short stories and essays published or podcasted in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, and Fantasy, and in various anthologies. Find her on Instagram or Twitter as @anovelescape or visit her website kelseayu.com.
LONG BIO (~150 words)
Kelsea Yu is a Taiwanese Chinese American writer. Her 2022 Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novella, Bound Feet, is published by Cemetery Gates Media, and her next novella, Demon Song, will be published by Titan Books in 2025. Her debut novel, It’s Only a Game, is published by Bloomsbury. She has over a dozen short stories and essays published in magazines and podcasts such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, Fantasy, and Reckoning, and in anthologies such as The Darkest Night, Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic, Mother Knows Best, Classic Monsters Unleashed, Death in the Mouth, and Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters. She was a first reader for Hugo-nominated khōréō magazine and is an active member of SFWA, HWA, and ITW.
Kelsea is eternally enthusiastic about sharks and appreciates a good ghost story. She lives with her husband, children, and a pile of art supplies in the Pacific Northwest. Find her on Instagram or Twitter as @anovelescape or visit her website kelseayu.com.
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