Hailing from the Ozarks, Emma K. Cleary is an actor/author/playwright and recent graduate from the University of Arkansas. Her stage play ONE & ONLY was a winning entry in Fusion Theater's 17th Annual Short Works Fest THE SEVEN and will be published by Brooklyn Publishing in their upcoming anthology. She writes Young Adult fiction that is usually contemporary, usually features paranormal elements, and is always very queer. She can be found working at her local indie bookstore, auditioning for musicals, crying over fictional characters, or showing you a picture of her beloved rescue dog, Anya.