Deirdre Walker (she/her) is a Yankee abroad: a queer linguist, fibercrafter, and author currently living in China with her family. A speculative fiction and romance writer, her work has been an Editor’s Pick at Gavagai, and has been published or is forthcoming in The Orange and Bee and a variety of Duck Prints Press anthologies and elsewhere. When not writing, she’s usually tangled in yarn or ogling new fountain pens and inks. She can be found at deirdrewalker.carrd.co and at @dei2dei.bsky.social.