Emma Mieko Candon (she/they) is a queer author and escaped academic
drawn to tales of devouring ghosts, cursed linguistics, and mediocre
robots. Her forthcoming work includes STAR WARS VISIONS: RONIN (2021), a
Japanese reimagining of the Star Wars mythos, and THE ARCHIVE UNDYING
(2023), an original speculative novel about sad giant robots and
funny-mean queers dragged screaming toward revolution.
As an
actual cyborg whose blood has been taken for science, Emma's grateful to
be stationed at home in Hawaii, where they were born and raised as a
fourth-generation Japanese settler. By day, they edit anime nonsense for
Seven Seas, and by night they remain academically haunted by identity,
ideology, and imperialism. At all hours of the day, they are beholden to
the whims of two lopsided cats and relieved by the support of an
enviably handsome wife.
Find Emma airing unimpeachable anime
opinions on Twitter at @EmmaCandon, at website http://emcandon.com, or
wailing about video games under the bushes in front of the nearest boba
tea joint.