Nalo Hopkinson: She is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. She currently lives and teaches in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her novels (Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads, The New Moon's Arms) and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.

A multi award-winning author and artist, Nalo was the 2021 recipient of the Science Fiction Writers of America's prestigious Damon Knight Memorial "Grand Master" Award for a lifetime of achievements in writing, mentorship, and teaching.