VIRGINIA BLACK (she/her) is the author of Consecrated Ground and No Shelter But the Stars. She is a two-time winner of Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and has been selected to participate in the 2024 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Born in California--where even green is brown--Virginia escaped to the rain showers and vibrant greens of the Pacific Northwest. She lives with her wife of more than twenty years and their savagely witty teenage daughter. Learn more at virginiablackwrites.com.