Kendrai Meeks was exiled from the American Midwest after college and spent two decades imprisoned in California’s sunshine before engineering her escape. Since her first publication in 2011, she’s gravitated toward stories where heroines sling crossbows, reality gets hacked, and the monsters are usually the ones bleeding. Her heart belongs to urban fantasy and science fiction, especially when wrapped in myth, history, and just enough snark to sting. As a featured speaker on fanfiction, audiobooks, and serialized storytelling, Kendrai brings her obsessions with sound and lore to readers and writers alike. She’s a world music addict, a reluctant traveler (flying is a necessary evil), and an unapologetic believer that the supernatural is just history with better lighting.