BrightFlame (she/they) writes, teaches, and makes magic for bright futures. In addition to her solarpunk, contemporary fantasy novel, The Working, her climate fiction is featured in noted anthologies and magazines, most recently Bright Green Futures and Solarpunk Creatures. Her acclaimed workshops for magical and mainstream audiences foster interconnection and resilience. She co-founded the Center for Sustainable Futures at Columbia University and is a member of SFWA, the Climate Fiction Writers League, and Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers. She lives on Lenape territory (Turtle Island/US) with a human, a forest, turtles, fungi, and other nonhumans. https://brightflame.com.