For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons

Author Bio: Preeti Chhibber

Author Bio: Laura Pohl

Author Bio: Abdi Nazemian

Abdi Nazemian is the author of Like a Love Story, which was named a Stonewall Honor Book, and The Authentics. His novel The Walk-In Closet won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. His screenwriting credits include the films The Artist’s Wife, The Quiet, and Menendez: Blood Brothers and the television series The Village and Almost Family. He has been an executive producer and associate producer on numerous films, including Call Me by Your Name, Little Woods, and The House of Tomorrow. Find him online at www.abdaddy.com.

Author Bio: Aditi Khorana

Author Bio: Candace Buford

Candace Buford has been an avid reader since childhood—always looking for stories with strong and complex POCs. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in German Literature, which exposed her to the delightfully creepy side of storytelling by writers like Kafka and Brecht. She also holds a law degree from Penn State Law School and a business degree from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Raised in Houston, Candace currently lives in the heart of Seattle, where you can find her huddled in café corners, scribbling away in her notebook. She shares her life with a rocket scientist and a Plott Hound, who both ensure there is never a dull day.

Author Bio: Cori McCarthy

Cory McCarthy [he/they] is the acclaimed, bestselling author of five published children’s books that have been translated into several languages and have appeared on the Bank Street, Barnes and Noble, Book Riot, and Tor best books list, as well the Amelia Bloomer list of feminist children’s fiction.They teach at Vermont College of Fine Arts and, like many of their characters, are a member of the LGBTQ+ community.